To Mr Fuller from RH Milroy Oct 29 1864

              Head qt. dept. N&C, R. Tullahoma, Tenn.  Oct. 29 1864” 
 
                  Mr.   Fuller 
 
                      Treas. agt. 
 
                          Nashville, Tennessee 
 
                            Sir: 
 
 
 
                               Shelbyville being within 
my command I have been making some inquiry 
into the loyalty of its citizens especially 
those having trade permits & authority to do business 
from the fort.  I was led to more particularly 
examine into this matter from the fact that  
I found that more salt & other goods have  
been & still are smuggled through into Ala. 
 & into disloyal hands from Shelbyville then 
 from any other town outside of Nashville, 
 in the state of Tennessee.  Nearly all of  
 Northern Ala. is supplied with salt & other goods around especially salt 
 from Shelbyville.  If you examine 
you will find that at lest four times as much 
goods & grains you gave to Shelbyville as  
are needed for that town & adjacent country. 
 
 
 
Ms. Joseph Ramsey, your treas. agent at that 
 place.  through a good union man is too good 
natured to say no to any one. and unfortunately 
 his son who was a quarter master in the rebel army a long 
time & only quit because he was about to be relieved to the center