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Veatch, James Clifford (1819-1895) [List of Quartermaster's stores used at Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of T. A. Walker]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08649.08 Author/Creator: Veatch, James Clifford (1819-1895) Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Document signed Date: October 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 39.5 x 25.7 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Veatch as Brigadier General. Also signed by Walker, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Contraband Department. Lists quantities of materials such as lumber, horse shoes, and wagon grease, and how each item was used.

Veatch, James Clifford, 1819-1895
Walker, T. A., fl. 1863-1865

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