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Department for the combined armies under General Sherman the following subsistence stores, viz:
Meats:
Mess port...................................pounds... 3,302,000
Bacon.........................................do..... 1,473,271
Salt beef.....................................do..... 2,810,400
Fresh beef....................................do..... 2,266,500
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Total..........................................do..... 9,852,171
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Breadstuffs:
Hard bread..................................pounds... 17,997,450
Flour.........................................do..... 4,758,600
Corn-meal.....................................do..... 92,000
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Total..........................................do..... 22,848,050
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Vegetables:
Beans.......................................pounds... 706, 181
Peas..........................................do..... 6,900
Rice..........................................do..... 115,312
Hominy........................................do..... 100,159
Potatoes......................................do..... 90,820
Mixed vegetables..............................do..... 153,720
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Total .........................................do..... 1,173,092
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Coffee.......................................pounds... 1,652,678
Tea............................................do..... 16,705 1/2 Sugar..........................................do..... 2,734,503
Soap...........................................do..... 392,168
Salt...........................................do..... 667,899
Pepper.........................................do..... 20,205
Candles........................................do..... 107,857
Whisky.......................................gallons.. 46,414
Vinegar........................................do..... 74,248
Molasses.......................................do..... 12,459 1/2
Miscellaneous: Hospital stores, &c...........pounds... 266,750
These stores were sent from the various Northern cities of Boston, New York, Alexandria, Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk, and were delivered at the ports of King's Bridge, Savannah, Hilton Head, and Morehead City during the months of December, 1864, January, February, March, April and May, 1865.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
LOGAN H. ROOTS,
Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers.
List of vessels and their cargoes sent from Savannah and Hilton Head to Cape Fear River and Morehead City.*
No. 97. Report of the movements of the train of the Twentieth Army Corps, on the march from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C., January, February, and March, 1865.
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,Near Goldsborough, N. C., March 31, 1865.
Friday, January 27.-Left camp 9.30 a.m.; arrived at Monteith 3 p.m.; distance, 11.50 miles; weather fine, frosty; roads heavy. Last Tuesday week, January 17, the First and Third Division, three
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*Omitted.
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