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- GLC#
- GLC01762.02
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 18 April 1863
- Author/Creator
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Title
- [Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 26.3 cm, Width: 41.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Partially printed. Signed by Garfield as Brigadier General of Volunteers and Chief of Staff, Department of the Cumberland. Garfield acknowledges receipt of $304 from Major William Smith, Paymaster in Washington, D.C. Pertains to pay for the month of January 1863 for Garfield and his private servants. Notes that this payment is for service in the field. Lists the names of three servants: James Rollins, John Brockenberry, and Albert, whose complexions are described as "cold." Servants' eyes and hair are "Black." Servants were allotted three rations per day; Garfield received twelve. Docket is partially printed. Voucher no. 1131.
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