Letter
John M. Brooke to C. Diumock, Ordnance Department, April 30, 1861
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va., April 30, 1861.
Col. C. Diumock, Ordnance Department :
Major-General Lee directs that, with the knowledge of General Richardson, you will forward, in addition to the two hundred flint-lock muskets for the volunteers of Kanawha Valley, four iron 6-pounder cannon, dismounted, and twenty rounds of ammunition, and axles for the carriages, if they can be spared.
Very respectfully,
JOHN M. BROOKE,
Tieutenant, Virginia Navy.
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Tieutenant, Virginia Navy.
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Richmond, Va..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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