| Richmond |
| September 18, 1863 |
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| Maj. S. P. Mitchell |
| (Care of Colonel Branch, quartermaster,
Petersburg.) |
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| All orders for the shipment
of artillery horses by rail are by order of the Secretary of War
countermanded, and none of the battalions with the exception of
Alexander's will be sent west until further orders. The horses of
Alexander's battalion will be retained here. Communicate this
dispatch to Major Dearing. |
| J. B. Walton |
| Colonel and Chief of Artillery,
Commanding |
|