Letter
Montgomery C. Meigs to H. C. Hopes, August 17, 1863
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Washington City, August 17, 1863.
Lieut. Col. H. C. Hopes, Chief Quartermaster, Hdqrs. Army of the Cumberland: On 27th of April last General Rosecrans reported that between the 1st of December and that date the Army of the Cumberland had received from Department of the Ohio, captured or purchased, 18,450. horses and 14,607 mules; that he had on hand on the 23d March 19,164 horses and 23,859 mules. Report immediately the number of each received since that date, and the number on hand with the army or in depot at last reports, with dates,
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Washington City. Summary: M. C. Meigs requests H. C. Hopes to report the number of horses and mules received and currently held by the Army of the Cumberland since March 23, 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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