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1135 Series I Volume XLVIII-II Serial 102 - Powder River Expedition Part II

Page 1135 Chapter LX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -UNION.

Report of ordnance stores, late property of Confederate States, &c. -Cont'd.

Locations of stores.

Galveston, Millican, Navasota, Total.

Tex. Tex. Tex.

Torpedoes 3 . . . . . . 3

(boiler

iron, buoy

pattern).

.

Enfield 16 358 . . . 374

rifled

musket,

with

bayonets.

.

Enfield 23 . . . . . . 23

rifled

musket,

unservicea

ble. .

Springfiel 150 17 . . . 167

d rifled

musket,

unservicea

ble. .

Carbines, 12 15 . . . 27

unservicea

ble. .

Sabers, 20 . . . . . . 20

cavalry,

unservicea

ble. .

Cartridge- . . . 60 . . . 60

boxes,

caliber.

58. .

Cartridge- 175 . . . . . . 175

box

plates. .

Cartridge- 12 . . . . . . 12

box belt

plates. .

Cap- . . . 2 . . . 2

pouches. .

Bayonet . . . 8 . . . 8

scabbards.

.

Cones, 80 . . . . . . 80

spare. .

Picket 65 . . . . . . 65

pins. .

Paper 400 . . . . . . 40

fuses,

five

seconds. .

Powder, 300 . . . 800 1,100

cannon,

pounds. .

Powder, . . . . . . 200 200

musket,

pounds. .

Powder, . . . 15 . . . 15

kegs,

unknown. .

Holsters, 12 . . . . . . 12

pistol

belt,

unservicea

ble. .

Bayonet 90 . . . . . . 90

scabbards

(leather),

unservicea

ble. .

Cartridge- 25 . . . . . . 25

boxes, C.

S.,

unservicea

ble. .

Sling- 1 . . . . . . 1

cart,

large. .

Sabots, 375 . . . . . . 375

wood. .

Tin 125 . . . . . . 125

straps,

shell. .

Copper, . . . . . . 2 2

pig.

tons. .

Rope, 300 . . . . . . 300

hemp, 2-

inch,

pounds. .

Rope, 450 . . . . . . 450

hept, 3-

inch,

pounds. .

Boxes, 75 . . . . . . 75

packing. .

I certify that the above is a correct report of all ordnance and ordnance stores recently the property of the Confederate States which have been reported to this office as being in possession of the ordnance department up to date.

SEYMOUR HOWELL,

Captain, Sixth Michigan Heavy Artillery, and Chief of Ordnance.

GALVESTON, TEX., July 30, 1865.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS,
In the Field, Fort Zarah, Kans., July 30, 1865.

Colonel J. H. LEAVENWORTH,

Indian Agent, &c., Mouth of Little Arkansas:

Your communication of the 28th instant is just received. I am pleased to learn of the wood prospect You seem to have of securing an interview with the chiefs and headmen of the hostile tribes and of establishing peaceful relations with them at ant early day without the aid of the military force. I will be present at the interview, if possible, and do what I can to secure a satisfactory result. Will You please inform me as definitely as possible just where the place of meeting will be, and what course I can best take to reach it from this place or Larned, under my present orders. I may move south of the Arkansas River with a military force prior to that date, but shall commit no acts of hostility unless resisted or attacked. The only object that the


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