7 3/4 x 6, imprinted form, filled out in ink. List of Quartermaster's Stores, &c Delivered by Capt. S.M. Sommers, A.Q.M. to Capt. Fleming Saunders, at New Market, on the 21st of March 1862. (119) One hundred nineteen pairs of shoes, new condition when delivered. I certify that I have delivered to Capt. F. Saunders, A. Quartermaster C.[onfederate] S.[tates] Army, the articles specified in the foregoing list. S.M. Sommers, Capt. & Ast. A.M. Light wear. Very fine.

Fleming Saunders, enlisted on May 31, 1861, at Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Va., as a 1st lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 42nd Virginia Infantry. His date of promotion to captain is unknown. The date his Confederate military service ended is also unknown like that of many Confederates. Near the end of the war many Confederates simply went home and the lack of accurate records makes many of these dates unknown. He does show up in the Confederate records as having been issued a furlough on Oct. 31, 1864, so we know he was still in the army as of that date.

The 42nd Virginia Infantry was organized in Staunton in July 1861, and saw action with the Army of Northern Virginia in many of their battles surrendering at Appomattox with only 1 officer and 44 men. They fought in Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, (lost 70 at Kernstown), the 7 Days battles, Cedar Mountain, 2nd Manassas (lost 62 men), Fredericksburg (lost 26), Chancellorsville (lost 135), Gettysburg (lost 56),
Cold Harbor, Early's Shenandoah Valley campaign, and the Appomattox campaign.

Samuel M. Sommers, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Dec. 27, 1831. He attended the University of Virginia and Washington College, and was a lawyer at Clarksburg when the war broke out. He was appointed captain & A.Q.M., on Dec. 24, 1861, and ordered to report to General Stonewall Jackson. He was jailed at Front Royal, Va., on May 30, 1862, being accused of rape. The charges were dropped on June 5, 1862, for conduct unbecoming and officer and a gentleman. He was captured, the date and place unknown, but he was exchanged on Sept. 21, 1862, at Aiken's Landing, Va., for a member of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. Ordered to report to the Army of Northern Virginia, he served as captain & A.Q.M., for the remainder of the war, 1862-65.