Letter
Fred. Myers to and Chief Quartermaster, May 9, 1862
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE,
Opposite Fredericksburg, May 9, 1862.
Lieut, E. Ross, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Aquia Creek Depot:
The major-general commanding directs that all property useful to the Government brought into your depot by ‘colored fugitives from service” be taken in charge by you for the benefit of the United States.
You will take up such property on your returns, as required by para: graphs 786 and 1013 Revised Army Regulations.
Very respectfully, &c.,
Captain and Chief Quartermaster.
(Copy sent to Capt. H. A. Lacy, assistant quartermaster at Falmouth.)
G.
Hp@ks. DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Opposite Fredericksburg. Summary: Captain Fred Myers instructs the Acting Assistant Quartermaster at Aquia Creek Depot to seize and manage property brought by escaped enslaved people for the U.S. government’s benefit during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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