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Gents,
I just had to share this with everyone, it seemed so unfair to keep it locked up!
I recently purchased an original Daily Report of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage from Chattanooga on July 2, 1864 from a dealer friend of mine.
It is on an approximately 21 x 17 ½ piece of paper in surprisingly good condition that is folded into 12 equal squares so that the front has the cover listed below.
It is a press pre-printed form with blue and red lines to divide columns and for entering numbers. The rest is hand printed in a beautiful hand of brown ink done in a very fine point.
The Recd, Chief A.q.M. Office, July 3, 1864 is in RED ink and Im sure this document sat somewhere for years bound in the literal red tape of the government supply system.
It is amazing to see what things Capt. Smith had to account for.
Axes, shovels, spades, coats, 102500 pair of drawers!, not to mention trowsers (spelled with a w) and dress hats, tents and 11000 camp kettles! Not to mention they still had havelocks, overalls and sibley stoves still on the rolls in 1864!
I wish I was able to scan this thing for you to see. I may get a photo of it and post it later.
If anyone would really love a copy of this, I may get full size copies made. Shoot me a line if interested.
Chris Sedlak
PS - background check shows Capt. Smith as 26 years old in 1862 and being commissioned in Field and Staff of the 25th Ohio Inf'y as a quartermaster officer.
No other info. available.
I just had to share this with everyone, it seemed so unfair to keep it locked up!
I recently purchased an original Daily Report of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage from Chattanooga on July 2, 1864 from a dealer friend of mine.
It is on an approximately 21 x 17 ½ piece of paper in surprisingly good condition that is folded into 12 equal squares so that the front has the cover listed below.
It is a press pre-printed form with blue and red lines to divide columns and for entering numbers. The rest is hand printed in a beautiful hand of brown ink done in a very fine point.
The Recd, Chief A.q.M. Office, July 3, 1864 is in RED ink and Im sure this document sat somewhere for years bound in the literal red tape of the government supply system.
It is amazing to see what things Capt. Smith had to account for.
Axes, shovels, spades, coats, 102500 pair of drawers!, not to mention trowsers (spelled with a w) and dress hats, tents and 11000 camp kettles! Not to mention they still had havelocks, overalls and sibley stoves still on the rolls in 1864!
I wish I was able to scan this thing for you to see. I may get a photo of it and post it later.
If anyone would really love a copy of this, I may get full size copies made. Shoot me a line if interested.
Chris Sedlak
PS - background check shows Capt. Smith as 26 years old in 1862 and being commissioned in Field and Staff of the 25th Ohio Inf'y as a quartermaster officer.
No other info. available.
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