No. 4.
Statement of bread Stuffs en route to Richmond.
| rations. | |
| At Charlotte Junction, 470 sacks, 940 bushels corn | 47,000 |
| At Greensboroa, North Carolina, 2,840 sacks, 5,680 bushels corn | 284,000 |
| At Greensboroa, 270 bags flour | 27,000 |
| From Florence, South Carolina, 4,000 bushels corn | 200,000 |
| From Augusta, Georgia, 400 sacks flour | 40,000 |
| From Charleston, South Carolina, 2,000 bushels corn | 100,000 |
| From Greensboroa, North Carolina, 400 bushels wheat | 20,000 |
| 718,000 | |
| Reported by Major H. Crunston, Augusta, Georgia, as purchased by him along Savannah river, near Augusta, 80,000 bushels corn | 4,000,000 |
| Reported by Major A. M. Allen, Columbus, Georgia: | |
| On hand January 2d, 80,000 bushels corn | 4,000,000 |
| Number of rations | 8,718,000 |
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Note.--Major Isaac Shelby, Jr., in Southwest Virginia, reports his ability to procure 100,000 bushels corn and wheat in that section and East Tennessee, if money and transportation be provided.
About 500,000 pounds of sugar and large quantities of rice, ordered from South Carolina, a portion of which is now en route to Richmond.
| full rations. | |
| In depot at Richmond, 30,000 pounds coffee | 500,000 |
| In depot at Richmond, 42,000 pounds sugar | 350,000 |
(Signed)
This paper is respectfully referred for the information of the Hon. Secretary of War, in connection with report of Commissary General of 9th instant.(Signed)
L. B. Northrup, C. G. S. Bureau of Subsistence, February 13, 1865.
