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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01762.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants |
| Date | 18 April 1863 |
| Author | Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | 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 March 1863 for Garfield and his private servants. Notes that this payment is for service at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Lists the names of three servants: James Rollins and John Brockenberry, whose complexions are described as "cold," and Albert. Servants' eyes and hair are "Black." Servants were allotted three rations per day; Garfield received twelve. Docket is partially printed. Voucher no. 11321. |
| Subjects | African American History President Military History Union Forces Union General Civil War Finance Soldier's Pay |
| People | Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881) Rollins, James (fl. 1863) Brockenberry, John (fl. 1863) Smith, William (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |