| Quartermaster Genls Depmt |
| Richmond, Dec. 10, 1861 |
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| Capt. T. J. Wertenbaker |
| AQM |
| Charlottesville, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| I have rec'd from Surgeon Cabell, in
charge of the Hospital at your post, a letter, asking that I would
have the winter fuel needed by the patients brought up by the {Virginia}
Central rail road; and expressing doubt whether it could be
procured in any other way. I have just written informing him of the
result of a conference I had with Mr. Whitcomb Supt of that road. It
is beyond the power of the road to transport the wood, & I desire
that you will lose no time in making other suitable provision to
insure a supply. Teams can surely be procured in your vicinity to haul
fuel; & the county itself abounds in wood. During the mild spell
that now prevails you can lay in a supply ahead & I trust keep the
Hospital from want in this particular. Let me hear from you in
reply. |
| A C Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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