Letter
T. Swords to Montgomery C. Meigs, August 18, 1863
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Cincinnati, Ohio, August 18, 1863.
General M. C. MEIGs, ‘ Quartermaster-General, Washington, D. C’:
GENERAL: I have this day telegraphed to you as follows: ‘12,383 horses and 5,789 mules sent to Nashville since April 27.” This number is made up—from Louisville, 9,257 horses and 5,789 mules; from Chicago, 1,275 horses; from Indianapolis, 110 horses; from Cincinnati, 1,741 horses.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
T. SWORDS,
Assistant Quartermaster-General.
Assistant Quartermaster-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Summary: T. Swords reports to General Meigs the shipment of 12,383 horses and 5,789 mules to Nashville from multiple cities since April 27, 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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