| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Sep. 17th 1864 |
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| Maj. C. H. Harris QM |
| Montgomery |
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| Chief of N. & M. {Nitre
& Mining} Bureau desires that all transportation that can
be given to that dept. be devoted only to iron & nitre. No cotton
should be shipped in present pressure for corn. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. G. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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