| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, August 17, 1863 |
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| Major Huston Lee |
| QM |
| Charleston, S.. C. |
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| So fast as the cotton of the Government is
compressed, have it sent on to Wilmington, by through trains. Dispatch
is important, and urgent. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl |
| Sent by telegram. |
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