| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, May 25, 1863 |
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| Major R. Rhett |
| QM |
| Columbia, S. C. |
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| Sir, |
| As Captain Sharp has it in his power to do
a great deal towards forwarding promptly all Government freight passing
through Columbia, I have directed him to take the control thereof. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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