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CLASS VI.

Small-arms. -2,345 Springfield muskets (caliber . 69), 663 Austrian muskets (caliber . 69), 33 Belgian muskets (caliber . 69), 70 Enfield muskets (caliber . 577), 8 U. S. rifles (caliber . 58), 500 muskets (various kinds and calibers); total muskets and rifles, 3,619.

Sabers. -150 cavalry sabers and scabbards, 200 artillery sabers and scabbards; total sabers and scabbards, 350.

Accouterments. -1,000 bayonet scabbards, 500 bayonet scabbards (saber); total bayonet scabbards, 1,500.

CLASS VIII.

Powder and cartridges. -43,700 pounds cannon powder, 500 pounds rifle powder, 120 rounds 10-inch columbiad cartridges (blank), 30,000 rounds elongated ball cartridges, various calibers (thrown in ditches), 250 rounds Whitworth rifle cartridges, 25 signal rockets.

Inventory of ordnance stores captured in the city of Fayetteville, N. C., by the Left Wing of the Army of Georgia on the march from Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C., 1865.

Cannon. -Two 10-inch columbiads, four 8-inch columbiads, two 42-pounder smooth-bores, two 4. 6-inch rifle guns, two 8-inch siege howitzers, one 5. 7-inch smooth-bore, four 6-pounder smooth-bores, one 12-pounder field howitzer, two 12-pounder smooth-bores (iron), one 12-pounder (brass), one 20-pounder Parrott, one 10-pounder Parrott, one Eprovette mortar, two boat howitzers (navy); total cannon, twenty-six.

Small-arms. -2,028 muskets, 3,000 muskets (unfinished), 500 sabers (cavalry); total muskets, 5,028.

Gun carriages. -13 guns carriages, 5 gun carriages (unfinished), 5 gun carriages (for siege guns), 15 artillery wheels, 50 artillery wheels (unfinished); total gun carriages, twenty-three.

Ammunition.

Rounds.

Canister for siege howitzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

24-pounder:

Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Spherical case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

32-pounder: Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

12-pounder:

Solid shot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Conical shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

6-pounder:

Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Solid shot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Case-shot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Elongated ball cartridged (caliber . 69). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000

Elongated ball cartridged (caliber . 58). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070

Powder. . . pounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Infantry accouterments. . sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Machinery:

Engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Planing machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Total ammunition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239


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