Letter written by Edward Riggs from Glenn Falls, New York to Hon. H. R. King on December 29, 1864
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New York (New York) , Dec. 29 1864
Hon. H. R. KingKing, H.R. (Honorable)
Glens FallsN.Y. (New York) (Glens Falls, New York) Dear Sir
I have just
sent you a telegram but have
time to
write by afternoon's mails
to give you the particulars.
have been this
morning to
Gen'l
Peck (Peck, John James
(General)) [Cam'd's?] Officer here - also
to
Gen'l
Hayles (Hayes, Joseph? (General)) Prov.
Marshal -
also to the Assist. Quarter Master
having charge of Water
Transportation
and as a [can chi---?] [after?]
all the information I
can
obtain from the several
sources I think it best to go on
to
Washington (Washington, District
of Columbia)
tonight & obtain
passes directly
from the War
Department also if possible a
special order modifying Gen'l
orders [No?] 227 issued last Summer
( Sheriff [Braron?][Braron?] (Sheriff) has a copy of it) so
as to allow Georgia (Georgia) or at least
the City of Savannah (Savannah, Georgia) to be included
in the District Specified in said
Orders as South Carolina (South Carolina) &
Florida (Florida) so that my papers
obtained yesterday from the
Governor will [cover?] that
city - or if that is not
done to obtain an order
allowing recruits obtained
in Savannah (Savannah, Georgia) to be mustered
in & [credited?] in that city. If
the latter [course?] is accepted
it May be necessary for the
Sheriff when he comes to stop at
Albany (Albany, New York) & get his papers changed
so as to give him Savannah (Savannah, Georgia)
I will telegraph you from
Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) if that is necessary
& a [note?] from you by hand
of the Sheriff to the Governor will
I am sure obtain such
papers for him - I have his
papers & will not file them
[-rtly?] to the Prov. Mar. Gen'l. at
WashingtonWashington, District of Columbia till I can [communicate?]
with you so that he can say
that those papers will not [??]
and you know perhaps that
the Gov. will not under any
circumstance give two Districts
to the same agent
As it Stands you will
see by looking in any of the
N.Y. (New York) (New York)
papers that the
Steamer "Melville"
is [allo--tized?] under [head?] of "shipping"
to
sail to Hilton Head (Hilton Head, South
Carolina)
on Wed. 4th
prox. - I have been to the
Agents
Mssrs
Whitney (Whitney (Mr.)) &
Hathaway (Hathaway
(Mr.)) 5-2 South
St. - they say they hope to get
pirmission (permission) for this Steamer to go on
to
Savannah (Savannah,
Georgia)
- that their [??] has
the [??] of the first
[permit] to
go to that part - It is only 30 Miles
from Hildon Hd. (Hilton Head) (Hilton Head, South Carolina) to Savannah (Savannah, Georgia) -
& Quarter Master's boats they say
are all the while running from
there to Savannah (Savannah, Georgia) -
I have also seen the asst. Q. M.
having charge of Water
Transportation
He says the next Gov. Steamer
from here on Monday that
my papers would allow me also
if they had room. that there is
[par---ly?] no room for me any
way on
this next one & probably
will be none on the one to follow
stays
afterwards - that I could
not [take?] an assistant without
a special
order from [??] of War
- so I oculd not have the sheriff
so on that at
any rate & it seems
on all accounts that to [--pond?] on
the
private Steamer - the Gov. Steamer
too only goes to Hilton Hd. (Hilton Head) (Hilton Head, South Carolina)
though
the men & [st--s?] who scrub it are
from
Sherman (Sherman, William Tecumseh (General)) 's
army (Sherman's Army) at
Savannah (Savannah,
Georgia)
-
I have written to you as [??]
my
instructions from you [??] I
left - If you have any orders for me
send
by telegraph to
Willard (Willard) s in
Washington (Washington, District
of Columbia)
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