| Transportation Office, Quartermaster's Department |
| Richmond |
| December 16, 1864 |
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| Brig. Gen. B. Grimes |
| Commanding, &c. |
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| General, |
| Upon arrival of the next train please
march your troops to the Richmond
& Petersburg
depot, where transportation has been provided for 1,500 men, to
leave at or about 2 p.m., if they get here in time. Another
detachment of 500 more can leave about 6 p.m. The remainder will be
forwarded as soon after arrival as the trains taking the first can
return. The horses must march. Wagons have been sent for the
ammunition and baggage, to go over with the first detachment. Capt.
F. T. Forbes, acting commissary of subsistence, on Fourteenth,
between Cary
and Canal, is prepared to issue any rations you may require. Please
so arrange that issuing of the same will not delay the troops. |
| Very respectfully, your obedient servant, |
| P. H. Mayo |
| Captain and Assistant Quartermaster |
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