Letter
Unknown to Hatcn, January 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT,
January 19, 1861.
, Charleston, January 19, 1861. Colonel Hatcn, Quartermaster-General :
You are ordered to procure and send down with the mails for Fort Sumter to-morrow a sufficient quantity of fresh meat and vegetables to last the garrison of Fort Sumter for forty-eight hours, and inform Major Anderson that you will purchase and take down every day such provisions from the city market as he may indicate.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Summary: Quartermaster's Department orders Colonel Hatcn to supply Fort Sumter with fresh meat and vegetables for 48 hours and arrange daily provisions as directed by Major Anderson in January 1861.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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