Letter
Unknown, July 28, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston, July 28, 1863.
Commanding Officer, Montgomery Arsenal:
If you have any 8 or 10 inch columbiad carriages, chassis, and platforms, or any 10-inch shot or shell, or any heavy projectiles, send them here. Necessity pressing.
Ineutenant-Colonel, Chief of Ordnance.
(Similar telegrams sent to Col. G. W. Rains, Augusta; Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Columbus; Maj. R. M. Cuyler, Macon; Col. J. L. White, Selma, Ala.; Maj. M. H. Wright, Atlanta; Maj. F. L. Childs, Fayetteville Arsenal; Lieut. A. T. Cunningham, Savannah.)
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston. Summary: Confederate Ordnance Department urgently requests heavy artillery carriages, chassis, platforms, and projectiles from multiple arsenals to reinforce Charleston's defenses in July 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1
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