| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| April 4, 1863 |
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| The Columbus Times says
that about 600,000 bushels of corn {4000 car
loads, 266 15-car trains} have been purchased by the government
agents, and that nearly the whole of this large amount is now stored
in sacks at the various stations on the Southwestern railroad and its
branches. |
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