Letter
W. M. F. Nance to Ripley, July 10, 1863
CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, July 10, 1863.
General RIPLEY: Will you not expedite matters to give the infantry I send you rations from the 45,000 I sent you down to-day, and let me send as much more as are needed to-morrow morning ? Will send you three companies of Charleston Battalion, Olmstead’s Georgia Volunteers, and the Citadel Cadets.
W. M. F. NANCE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
"So ordered same day, to go under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard.
"So ordered same day, to go under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: CHARLESTON. Summary: W. M. F. Nance requests General Ripley to promptly distribute rations to incoming infantry and authorizes sending additional supplies and troops, including Charleston Battalion and Citadel Cadets, 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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