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Collection Reference Number GLC02469.18
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 
Title George Wythe Randolph to Henry Alexander Wise sending orders about the use of horses at Chapin's Bluff
Date 5 July 1862
Author Randolph, George Wythe (1818-1867)  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Randolph, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to general Wise, commanding a brigade at Chapin's Bluff, Virginia. Randolph orders Wise to discontinue the impressment of Union horses, and to send a record of horses taken, and from whom they were acquired. Reports, "Persons are waiting here for settlement without proper vouchers, and I must request by the courier such information as you can give."
Subjects Civil War  Confederate General or Leader  Confederate States of America  Transportation  Military History  Military Supplies  Wartime Pillaging and Destruction  Union Forces  Finance  
People Randolph, George Wythe (1818-1867)  Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander) (1806-1876)  
Place written Richmond, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945