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Stanton, Robert A., 1839-? [Report of ammunition in artillery reserves, ammunition train]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.138 Author/Creator: Stanton, Robert A., 1839-? Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 13 May 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Captain Stanton lists shot, shrapnel, shell, and canister. Also transmits the report of the Quartermaster of wagons. Directs this report to Captain Whittelsey, possibly Henry Martyn Whittelsey, an Assistant Adjutant General. Includes several charts pertaining to artillery stores. Probably written in Virginia before the Battle of Cold Harbor. Written in pencil.

Stanton, Robert A., 1839-?
Whittelsey, Henry Martyn, 1821-1873

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