| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, July 24, 1863 |
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| Major E. B. Branch |
| Q. M. |
| Petersburg |
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| Forage indispensably necessary here for General Lee's
army. Send forward all grain rapidly in your reach. Notify Major
Carrington at Raleigh of the wants in this respect. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl |
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| Sent by telegram. |
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