Vicksburg depot quartermaster's office letter, 1863 Aug. 26.

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Vicksburg depot quartermaster's office letter, 1863 Aug. 26.

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A captain at the depot quartermaster's office in Vicksburg, Miss., writes Major General James B. McPherson regarding captured mules, horses, wagons, and carriages.

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McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...