| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, May 4th 1864 |
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| Genl. S. Cooper |
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| Sir, |
| I have the honor to request that Maj. Geo.
Whitfield QM be ordered to report to Lt. Col. W. F. Sims, for
assignment to duty to superintend & control Govt. transportation
on Rail roads west of the Ala. river. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. G. |
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