| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. Sept. 4, 1861 |
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| Mr. C. B. Wallace {President,
East Tennessee & Georgia RR} |
| Knoxville, Tenn. |
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| Sir, |
| Enquire at places on the route from New
Orleans for stores marked for Louisiana Troops at Richmond, and send
them forward soon as possible. Blankets sent from New Orleans on the
8th of August have not arrived. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. G. |
| Sent by telegram |
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