DaveBrt
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2010
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
From the QM General's Outgoing Letterbook:
August 30th 1864
Major J. G. Paxton
Lynchburg, Va.
Sir,
Great evils having resulted from the foraging serviceable cavalry horses, in charge of soldiers, throughout the State, I shall request the Genl's Commanding our Armies in Va to order that hereafter all cavalry horses becoming unfit for service in the field shall be turned over to you to be recruited. You will make all the arrangements necessary for receiving and taking proper care of these horses.
For the purpose of providing forage for these animals the counties of Bedford, Roanoke & Montgomery are given over to you, together with the portion of N. Carolina west of the Piedmont Rail Road, and not within 20 miles of any Rail Road or navigable stream. You and your agents are authorized to collect all the forage within the counties & sections described, and all other Officers & Agents are prohibited from interfering with the same. You are also authorized to obtain one thousand tons of wheat straw from any of the counties lying west of Lynchburg outside of your District.
You are authorized to graze the animals under your charge anywhere in this state, beyond the reach of our armies in the field.
When the new crop of corn comes in Major C. S. Carrington QM will be ordered to turn over to you monthly, at Danville if practicable, ten thousand bushels of corn.
The supplies of forage allotted to you in this order are given on the supposition that you will have in your charge during the winter, to be recruited from seven to ten thousand animals. Should you have a smaller number you will be expected to turn over a proportionate amount of your forage collected.
A. R. Lawton, QMGenl.
August 30th 1864
Major J. G. Paxton
Lynchburg, Va.
Sir,
Great evils having resulted from the foraging serviceable cavalry horses, in charge of soldiers, throughout the State, I shall request the Genl's Commanding our Armies in Va to order that hereafter all cavalry horses becoming unfit for service in the field shall be turned over to you to be recruited. You will make all the arrangements necessary for receiving and taking proper care of these horses.
For the purpose of providing forage for these animals the counties of Bedford, Roanoke & Montgomery are given over to you, together with the portion of N. Carolina west of the Piedmont Rail Road, and not within 20 miles of any Rail Road or navigable stream. You and your agents are authorized to collect all the forage within the counties & sections described, and all other Officers & Agents are prohibited from interfering with the same. You are also authorized to obtain one thousand tons of wheat straw from any of the counties lying west of Lynchburg outside of your District.
You are authorized to graze the animals under your charge anywhere in this state, beyond the reach of our armies in the field.
When the new crop of corn comes in Major C. S. Carrington QM will be ordered to turn over to you monthly, at Danville if practicable, ten thousand bushels of corn.
The supplies of forage allotted to you in this order are given on the supposition that you will have in your charge during the winter, to be recruited from seven to ten thousand animals. Should you have a smaller number you will be expected to turn over a proportionate amount of your forage collected.
A. R. Lawton, QMGenl.