...eshoes, horseshoe-nails, that you can get. headquarters, January 2, 1864. His Excellency, Jefferson Davis: Many of the infantry are without shoes, and the cavalry worn down by their pursuit of Averell . We are now issuing to the troops a fourth of a pound of salt meat, and have only three days supply at that rate. Camp Orange Courthouse, January 16, 1864. Lieutenant-General J. Longstreet: ...