Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A. |
No |
Manassas Junction, Va. October 31st, 1861 |
|
To the Superintendent of the Va Central
Railroad |
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Please to furnish transportation |
For 1 |
Box Guns for Ordnance Department in Car 163 |
250 lbs |
3/4 |
Car Load Furniture Various Addresses for
Ordnance Department Car 253 |
|
also 16 |
Pair Car Wheels & Axles for same |
16000 lbs |
Also 1 |
Box Surg: C Mills 6th N C Volunteers to Millboro
Depot |
250 lbs |
|
on your railroad from Gordonsville to
Richmond |
Wm W Weingor Ass QM |
{I can think of no
other source from which the Confederate Army could have acquired
railroad car wheels in Gordonsville, in October of 1861, but the
Baltimore & Ohio RR. This must be more of Capt. Sharp's haul.} |