From the Richmond Dispatch, 12/13/1861, p. 3, c. 6
BAY MARE, FOR ACCOUNT OF CONFEDERATE STATES GOVERNMENT, AT AUCTION – On SATURDAY, 14th inst., at 10 o'clock, I will sell, at the Horse Auction Lot on Council Chamber Hill, one
BAY MARE,
About eight years old, belonging to the Confederate States Government. By order of
Capt. B. G. BALDWIN,
Commanding Richmond Arsenal
de 13 – 2t