| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond Sept. 22nd 1864 |
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| Genl. J. B. Hood |
| Palmetto Geo. |
| Hd Qrs Army Tenn. |
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| As we deferred for corn for
your army & partly for Gen. Lee's on supplies from Montgomery it
is important that the wagon train to Union Springs should continue.
Please let all remain there that you can possibly spare. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram. |
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