Letter
À P. H. Watson to Salmon P. Chase, March 25, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., March 25, 1862.
Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury :
SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d instant, requesting him to give an order for sending horses and mules to Port Royal to replace those which have been taken from the plantations in the neighborhood for the use of the Army.
Miei loos not think that he has any authority to furnish horses and mules for the purposes mentioned, but would suggest whether the Treasury Department could not furnish them properly out of the proceeds o1 the cotton received from Port Royal.
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
À P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
Assistant Secretary of War.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: À P. H. Watson informs Salmon P. Chase that the War Department lacks authority to supply horses and mules to Port Royal plantations and suggests the Treasury use cotton sale proceeds for this purpose.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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