The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 26
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26 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. [CgsA. LIX.
I desire to add that, in my opinion, it would not be well to accede to
the request of the petitioners. I propose to turn over to the Treasury
agent all the cotton captured in Charleston, according to the plan pur-
sued at Savannah. Great care will be taken to preserve the means of
identifying such lots as are claimed by loyal men, so that they can go
before the Court of Claims with as good a case as they can reasonably
expect or desire.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILLMORE,
Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head, S. C., March 25, 1865.
Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN,
Commanding Military Division of the Mi88ssissippi:
GENERAL: Your letter* to General Foster of the 12th instant from
Fayetteville reached me on the 19th. The expedition to Sumterville
is now in course of preparation, and the examination of Santee, Black,
and Great Pedee Rivers and Lynch's Creek will have to decide the route
to be taken. Four thousand white troops of this command have been
sent to North Carolina to aid the movement from the coast in that
quarter. I am informed that they were landed at Morehead City. I
am now sending to the same place the men belonging to your army that
have accumulated here to the number of 7,000 and upward. One
thousand of them have already gone, and 1 await transportation for
the rest. The steamer America starts this morning, fully loaded with
clothing, viz, 65,688 pairs bootees, 5,000 pairs cavalry boots, 140,000 pairs
stockings, 20,000 hats. Most of this was taken from one of your own
vessels, left in reserve here. I can spare from my own supply of cloth-
ing the following, which will be sent as soon as possible, viz, 12,000
pairs infantry pants, 6,000 pairs cavalry pants, 20,000 pairs drawers,
45,000 pairs stockings, 20,000 shirts, 20,000 sack coats, 5,000 hats,
12,000 caps, 10,000 woolen blankets.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILLMORE,
Major.General.
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH,
Charleston, S. C., March 25, 1865.
Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE,
Commanding Department of the South:
GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 24th instant directing me to take and retain possession of
all products of insurrectionary States that may have found their way
to Charleston or within my lines, with the evident or apparent inten-
tion of running the blockade at Charleston or elsewhere.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JNO. P. HATCH,
Brigadier.-General, Commanding.
* See Part II, p. 804,
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/26/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.