Invoice of Q.M. Stores, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery

9 1/2 x 14, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

List of Quartermaster Stores, &c received by Lieut. Jno. F. Campbell, Quartermaster U.S. Army, from Capt. R.B. Ricketts, 1st Penna. Lt. Arty., at Camp near Petersburg, Va., on the 12th day of October 1864. Itemized list includes army wagon, ambulance, bearing chain, curry comb, feed trough, horses, halters, halter strap, horse brush, jockey stick, lead harness, lead lines, mules, tar buckets, wagon whips, wagon saddle, wagon tongue, water buckets, wagon covers, hammer, tongs, wrench, rope, and more....  

1862 Order of President Lincoln

5 x 7 1/2, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, August 16, 1862

General Orders, No. 108

The following order of the President of the United States, dated August 14, 1862, is published for the information of all concerned:

ORDERED:

1st. That after the fifteenth of this month, bounty and advanced pay shall not be paid to Volunteers for any new regiments, but only to Volunteers for regiments now in the field and Volunteers to fill up new regiments now organizing but not yet full.

2d....  

1863 Receipt For Subsistance Stores Shipped to New Orleans

8 x 4 1/4, in ink. New Orleans, July 2, 1863. Received from Bark P.R. Hazeltine, 1,213 Barrels of Flour, 949 Boxes of Bread, 25 Boxes of Pepper, 30 Boxes of Tomatoes. W. Simpson, Commsy. Clk. Very fine. Comes with envelope addressed to Col. S.B. Holabird, Chief Quarter Master, Dept. of the Gulf, New Orleans, La. P.R. Hazeltine is written at lower left corner. Docket at right indicates the stores have been received from the P.R. Hazeltine in good order and forwarded to the post of 1st Div.  

Invoice of Clothing, Camp & Garrison Equipage for 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery

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

Invoice of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage delivered by Capt. Wm. H.D. Cochrane, Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.V., to Capt. R. Bruce Ricketts, F, 1st Pa. Arty., near Brandy Station, Va. The itemized account includes forage caps, artillery jackets, trousers, flannel sack coats, drawers, cavalry boots, infantry bootees, stockings, woolen blankets, knapsacks, haversacks, and canteens. Signed, Wm. H.D. Cochrane, Capt. & Asst. Q.M., Arty. Brig., 2d Army...  

President Lincoln Orders the Army to Seize Rebel Property and Employ Negroes for Military and Naval Purposes

5 x 7 1/2, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, August 16, 1862

General Orders, No. 109

The following is an order of the President of the United States, dated July 22, 1862:

First. Ordered, That military commanders within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, in an orderly manner, seize and use any property, real or personal, which may be necessary or convenient...  

1862 Order Issued by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War

5 x 7 1/2, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, June 19, 1862

General Orders, No. 69

The following is published for the information and guidance of all concerned, in connection with the Act of June 2, 1862, promulgated in "General Orders," No. 58:

War Department
Washington City, D.C.
June 16, 1862

The Secretary of War is of opinion that the "Act to prevent and punish fraud on the part of officers entrusted with making contracts on the part of Government," approved...  

28th Maine Infantry Morning Report

Signed multiple times by soldier killed in action in Louisiana!

21 1/2 x 14, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Morning Report of Captain E.B. Neal, Company F, of the Twenty Eighth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, Army of the United States, Colonel E.W. Woodman, for the month of June 1863. Itemized account of the men in the company who are present and absent from duty. Signed 19 times by R. Seavey and 19 times by Edw. B. Neal. The remarks section states that one of the men died in the hospital at Donaldsonville, La., some were detailed as...  

Orders Regarding Pay of 2 and 3 Year Volunteers and An Act to Facilitate the Discharge of Enlisted Men for Physical Disability

1 1/3 pages, 5 x 8, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, May 16, 1862

General Orders, No. 53

The following acts of Congress are published for the information of all concerned:

I. An Act to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of the two and three years' volunteers, and the officers and men actually employed in the Western department.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of...  

Muster of Recruit, 13th New York Heavy Artillery

31 x 10 3/4, two sided, imprinted form filled out in ink.

Muster And Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of United States Recruits, forwarded by J.P. Butler, P.[rovost] M.[arshal], 18th Dist. N.Y., for the 13th Regiment of Heavy Artillery, N.Y.S. Vols., pursuant to Circular 96, P.[rovost] M.[arshal] G.[eneral] O.[rder], dated October 23, 1863. For Eli Empie, Private, residence Palatine, New York, 18 years old, a laborer, enlisted Aug. 5, 1864, at Schenectady, by J.P. Butler, for one year. Empie has hazel eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, and is 5...  

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Special Requisition

Signed by officer wounded at Malvern Hill, Va.

8 x 10, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Received in the Field, the 9 of Sep., 1863, of D.W. Clark, Reg. Quartermaster, U.S. Army. Itemized listing includes trowsers, drawers, bootees, stockings, shirts, blouses, forage caps, blankets, canteens, haversacks, shelter tents, and lace. Signed twice by Daniel G. Saeger, Capt. Comdg. Co. B, 83 P.V., and by Wm. H. Lamont, Major Commanding Regt. Light age toning and wear.

Daniel G. Saeger, enlisted on Aug. 25, 1861, as a sergeant, and was...  

Quartermaster Stores Issued to 1st PA. Light Artillery

7 3/4 x 9 3/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Received by Capt. R.B. Ricketts, Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery

List of Quartermaster Stores, transferred by Capt. Wm. H.D. Cochrane, Assistant Quartermaster U.S. Vols., to Capt. R.B. Ricketts, Battery F, 1st Pa. Lt. Arty., In the field, Va., on the 31 day of July 1864. For 284 grain sacks. Signed by Wm. H.D. Cochrane, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.

William Henry Dearborn Cochrane, was a 22 year old resident of Goffstown, N.H., when...  

Invoice of Ordnance Stores, 1st PA. Light Artillery

2 pages, 7 1/2 x 20, in ink.

Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over by Capt. Frank P. Amsden, Comdg. Batty. G, 1st Pa. Arty., Vol., Div., Arty. Reserve, to Capt. R.B. Ricketts, Comdg. Batty. F, 1st Pa. Arty. on the 31st day of May 1863.

Lengthy itemized list includes 3 inch wrought iron guns, carriages for 3 inch guns, caissons for 3 inch guns, felling axes, sponge buckets, iron for field guns, tar buckets, iron for field guns, watering buckets, gutta percha, cannon spikes, screw drivers for percussion shell, gunners gimlets,...