[Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 [Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]

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GLC#
GLC01762.04
Type
Documents
Date
1 August 1863
Author/Creator
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Title
[Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]
Place Written
Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 26.3 cm, Width: 42 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 of the United States Army. Pertains to pay for the month of July 1863 for Garfield and his private servants. Notes that this payment is for service in the field. Lists the names of three servants: Professor, Andrew, and Edmund, who are described as "Colored." Servants were allotted three rations per day; Garfield received twelve. Docket is partially printed. Voucher no. 1236.

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