Union Documents

1864 Receipt, Hammond General Hospital

Point Lookout, Md.

27th U.S. Colored Troops

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 manuscript.

Hammond General Hospital
Point Lookout, Md.
July 18th, 1864

I hereby certify that there is due from me to the Hammond General Hospital, Pt. Lookout, Md., for four days board from the 14th to the 18th of July, 1864. $4.00

A.J. Sampson
1st Lt. Co. H, 27th U.S.C.T.

I certify that the sum of Four Dollars stated above is the total amount due this Hospital from A.J. Sampson, 1st Lieut., Co. H, 27th U.S.C.T. remaining to be accounted...  

Special Orders, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry

7 1/2 x 9 3/4, manuscript in ink.

Head Quarters 105th Regt. Pa. Vols.
Camp Pitcher, Va., February 28th, 1863

Special Orders
No. 9

Non Commissioned officers of this Regiment who are without proper insignia of Rank will at once provide themselves with Chevrons in accordance with paragraphs 1549 and 1558 Revised Army Regulations.

By order of
Col. A.A. McKnight
105th Regt. Pa. Vols.
Hugh Nesbit
2nd Lt., Actg. Adjt.

Light age toning and wear.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Nesbit, who signed this document,...  

Brevet Major General James Wood, Jr.

1864 Document Signed, Lookout Valley, Tenn.

(1820-92) Born at Alstead, N.H., he graduated from Union College, in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1842, and was a lawyer by occupation. He enlisted at Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1862, and was commissioned colonel of the 136th New York Infantry. He was brevetted brigadier general, and major general, Mar. 13, 1865, and was mustered out of service, June 13, 1865.

8 1/2 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Abstract Of Extra Issues at Lookout Valley, Tenn., in the month of January 1864, by...  

Volunteer Enlistment, 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry

7 1/2 x 9 1/2, two sided, imprinted form, filled out in ink, with vignette of a spread winged eagle with American shield on chest, and clutching arrows and an olive branch in its talons, with cloud burst, stars, and the motto, E Pluribus Unum above.

Volunteer Enlistment
State of New York
Town of Schroon

This enlistment is for James Crawford who volunteered on July 29th, 1863, to serve as a soldier in the United States Army for three years unless sooner discharged by proper authority. Outlines the details, etc. Sworn in on July 29,...  

Order Relieving A.Q.M. In The Transportation Department

7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.

Chief Quartermaster's Office
Philadelphia Depot, March 20, 1865

Capt. Wm. Holden, A.Q.M. will at once turn over the duties which he may have assumed charge of in the Transportation Department to Capt. Henry Bowman, A.Q.M. who has reported for duty.

Capt. Holden on being relieved will without delay reassume charge of the duties, property &c transferred by him to Capt. C.D. Webster, A.Q.M. in compliance with the order of the 17th inst. from this office.

(signed) Wm. W....  

1862 Receipt For Shipment of Ordnance Stores

7 3/4 x 10, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Springfield, Dec. 2d, 1862

Received of Edward Ingersoll, M.[ilitary] S.[tore] K.[eeper] & P[rovost] M.[arshal], U.S. Armory, in good order, for transportation to say: one box Ord. Stores

the property of the United States, being marked and numbered as in the margin, to be delivered in like order and condition unto Col. D.D. Tompkins, Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl. U.S.A.

stationed at New York or to his assigns, he or they paying freight at $5.00 per ton, and all other expenses.

For H &...  

Soldier Appoints Attorney To Receive His Bounty

Signed by Captain who was wounded at Antietam!

7 1/2 x 5 1/4, imprint, filled out in ink.

Know all men by these Presents, That I Jesse Herbster, a Corporal in Company A, Fifty-first Regiment P.[ennsylvania] V.[olunteers], do hereby constitute and appoint Sarah Gargas to be my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name, stead and place to receive of and from the Town Council of the Borough of Norristown, in Montgomery county, any and all Bounty or Bounties which I, by reason of my enlistment being accredited to said Borough, may...  

1863 Letter To Major Stewart Van Vliet

1 1/3 pages, 7 3/4 x 10, in ink.

New York, Aug. 29th, 1863

Major Van Vliet,

Dear Sir:

We have received from Col. S.B. Holabird, Chief Q.M., Department of the Gulf, under date 15th inst. directions to apply to you for "public steam transportation" for Hardware below. He says there must be no delay, we want these stores for Engineering operations. The requisition calls for about as follows: (goes on to give an itemized list which includes) axes, axe handles, grind stones, scythes, scythe stones, hatchets, saws, hoes,...  

1863 New Haven Steamboat Company Receipt

7 1/4 x 3, imprint, filled out in ink.

Received, New York, Jany. 3, 1863, in good order and well conditioned, from New Haven Steamboat Company, the following packages: One Box, Marked Maj. F.D. Callander. Vignette of steamboat at the bottom, and the name of the boat, Elm City, at the left edge. Very fine.

Major Franklin D. Callender, the recipient of this box, was a graduate of the West Point class of 1839. A career army officer, he achieved the rank of brevet brigadier general, April 9, 1865, and retired as a full colonel in 1879. During...  

Pennsylvania Muster & Disbursement Form

7 1/2 x 9 3/4, two sided imprinted form, filled out in ink.

U.S. Mustering and Disbursing Office,
No. 335 South Twelfth St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
March 30th, 1865

Certificate No. 1250

I hereby certify that the records of this Office show that Jacob M. Miller was mustered into the service of the United States, as a Volunteer Private Soldier, for one year, on the Twenty ninth day of March 1865, by Capt. E.E. Seller at Philadelphia to the credit of Springfield Tsp., Bucks Co., Pa., 5th Enrollment District, State of Pennsylvania,...  

Ordnance Invoice, 8th Maine Infantry

Signed by lieutenant wounded in 1864

8 x 10 1/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Received at Glouscester Point, Va., April 27, 1864, of Wm. M. McArthur, 8th Maine Vols., the following ordnance stores. Itemized list includes Springfield rifled muskets, springfield bayonets, musician swords, gun slings, bayonet sheats, cap pouches & picks, cartridge boxes, cartridge box plates, waist belts, waist belt plates, non commissioned officer's sword and much more. Signed by Joseph Small, 1st Lieut., Comdg. Co. I. Very fine.

Joseph...  

Pay & Travel Expenses For Private, 37th New York Infantry

Signed by Colonel Alfred W. Taylor, 4th New York Infantry

8 x 10, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

For Private John McDonald, Co. D, 37th New York Infantry, who has been discharged from the service. For pay from March 1, 1862 to April 3, 1862, travel expenses from Baltimore, Md., to New York, N.Y., and 9 days of subsistence for traveling. A total of $46.94 was paid to him. Dated April 4, 1862. McDonald signs the document with his mark. Signed at the bottom, A.W. Taylor, Col. 4th N.Y. Vols. Light wear.

John McDonald, was 27...