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: 5
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsborough, N. C., March 24, 1865.
General EASTON,
Chief Quartermaster, Kinston Bridge:
You will not allow transportation on either railroad toward the army,
excepting couriers under orders and staff officers bearing dispatches.
Direct all officers and men to Wilmington, where they will collect in
parties of not less than 500, and therefrom march to their commands.
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant.General.
KINSTON, N. C., March 24, 1865.
Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN,
Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi:
I have seen Colonel Wright and explained to him your orders. He
says it is the only way to supply your army. He desires me to get
engines and cars four feet eight and one-half inch gauge. I will send
the necessary orders to my officers at Wilmington to push the work on
the railroad with all possible dispatch, and proceed with steamer
North and procure the stock for the road at once. Colonel Wright will
be at Goldsborough with the train during the night.
G. S. DODGE,
Brevet Brigadier-General and Quartermaster.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, March 24, 1865.
General DODGE,
Quartermaster, Morehead City:
Your dispatch received. Tell General Easton to unload and dispatch
vessels North as fast as possible, and proceed with all speed to General
Grant and he will order the cars and locomotives from Norfolk and
elsewhere. Lieutenant Dunn will be down to-night before daylight
with dispatches for General Grant. Wait and take him along with
you. Remember how valuable time is. We can bring up daily sup-
plies enough, but to move I must have enough ahead to fill the wagons.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major. General.
KINSTON, March 24, 1865.
Maj. L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General, General Sherman's Headquarters:
I have loaded and dispatched trains of Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and
Seventeenth Corps. Twentieth Corps train now loading. More than
five days' subsistence, and shoes, socks, shirts, and pants to make the
men comfortable have been forwarded. Supplies of clothing, camp and
garrison equipage come freely by water. General Easton has ten large
barges, six steam tugs, and a dozen schooners. The railroad will not
be available for several days. I will remain here a day or two, or
longer if necessary, and have all the trains sent from the front loaded5
CaP. LIX.]
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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/m1/5/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.