| Quartermaster General's Department |
| July 21st 1864 |
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| Maj. Geo. W. Grice QM |
| Columbia, S. C. |
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| Scarcely any corn coming on from Geo. or
S. Carolina. This is a most serious matter, & corn must be procured
by any means possible. Leave no stone unturned. Genl. Johnston &
Genl. Lee will probably draw on Geo. for a time as R. R. communication
with Montgomery is broken. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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