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[Interrogatories Regarding Quality and Damages to Ordnances Stores, March 28, 1864]
Interrogatories from the Ordnance Office in regard to the quality and damages to ordnance stores. This is to judge the value or efficiency of the ordnance, arms, accoutrements, ammunition, and equipments furnished to the Army. Damages will be paid by the soldiers whose care the equipment was in, only if damages were through negligence or abuse.Commanding Officers will make reports stating damages and noting negligence or abuse and naming the officer the said damages were occasioned. Three forms were made by the War Department for such reports. Failing to return these forms will result in a request by the Adjutant General of the Army to stop the pay of all officers so delinquent.
[Invoice of Supplies from D. B. Abrahams]
Invoice of supplies from Lt. D B. Abrahams to Lt. H. K. Redway.
[Invoice of Supplies from D. B. Abrahams, February 28, 1866]
Invoice of supplies from Lt. D B. Abrahams to Lt. H. K. Redway. Supplies include: caps, shirts, trousers, drawers, stockings, boots, blankets, and other items.
[Letter from C. Kingsbury Jr., December 28, 1865]
Special Order No. 123. The Chief Commissary is charged with seeing this order executed, 50lbs of sour krout and 25lbs of onion to every one hundred rations.
[Letter from Hamilton K. Redway to Loriette Redway, October 28, 1865]
A letter from Hamilton K. Redway in Baltimore, Maryland to his wife, Loriette Redway, on October 28, 1865. The letter is regarding Hamilton Redway's business in Maryland and in Washington D.C. Redway's reason for being in Washington is to appear before the board to gain appointment in the army. Redway tells Loriette that permission had been granted for him to appear before the board on October 2, but he had not received notice. He planned to sit before the new board on Monday of the following week. Redway expresses his affection for his wife and family, and explains that he would return to his family did he not feel that his country needed him. Redway asks his wife to keep his business to herself. Also included with this item is the envelope in which the letter was sent. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. H. K. Redway in Mannsville, New York.
[Letter from Lewis Sherrilan, December 28, 1864]
General Orders No. 30. Corps. and army commanders can grant leave of absence or furloughs with the following regulations. the regulations specify who and how many men can be absent at one time.There are seven regulations for leave of absence or furloughs.
[Letter from Lieutenant General Longstreet, November 28,1862]
General Order No. 52. When waiting for action on an application for leave, no one can make a personal application to support the application for leave. Also no applications will be accepted unless sent through the proper channels, no personal deliveries of applications.
[Monthly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, February 1866]
Monthly return of clothing, and camp and garrison equipage for the month of February, 1866.
[Receipt for clothing, October 28, 1864]
Receipt for "trowsers" supplied to John Harmon while he was treated at U.S. General Hospital in Frederick, Maryland.
[Return of Lieut. John E. Ronk, February 1865]
Return of Lieut. John E. Ronk which details the present and absent men of Company "F" First Veteran regiment of the New York Cavalry for the month of February in the year of 1865. The return notes enlisted men on "extra or daily duty," commissioned officers present or absent, and any alterations made to the company for this particular month. This document was created while Redway was stationed at Kelly's Creek in West Virginia.
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