Letter
J. F. Cummings to His Excellency JOSEPH E. BRowN, February 1, 1864
OFFICE OF CHIEF DISTRICT COMMISSARY,
Atlanta, Ga., February 1, 1864.
His Excellency JOSEPH E. BRowN, Governor, &c., Milledgeville, Gia.:
Sir: Yours of 28th received. I do not propose to use any but the corn of the tax in kind belonging to the Government in making whisky near the railroads and navigable streams. Will you please inform me at your earliest convenience whether you will attempt to prevent the distillation of grain belonging to the Confederate States Government, being receipts from the tax in kind, whenever and wherever they may deem proper? The army needs the whisky, and I am now unable to respond to the calls upon me.
Very respectfully,
J. F. CUMMINGS,
Major and Commissary of Subsistence.
[Inclosure No. 5.]
Major and Commissary of Subsistence.
[Inclosure No. 5.]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Atlanta, Ga.. Summary: J. F. Cummings requests Governor Joseph E. Brown's decision on preventing distillation of Confederate government-taxed grain into whisky to supply the army amid shortages.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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