Ordnacne and QM issues to 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

[Mississippian]

Found a few things for the unit that served throughout the Virgina area....it was first called the 1st Virginia Mounted Rifles

CSR of Lt. Col. V.A. Witcher

QM stores issued May 19th 1862

60 pr Drawers @ $0.60
24 Shirts @ $2.00
65 Grey Caps
10 pr Pants @ $3.00
7 Jackets @ $5.50
6 Axes
3 Shovels
3 Picks
35 pr Shoes @ $3.00
2 Sibley Tents
20 Camp Kettles
20 Skillets and Lids

QM Stores received June 26th 1862:

18 Dress Coats @ $8.00
7 pr Shoes @ $3.00
1 Bell Tent


CSR of Capt. John Chapman

QM store issued June 13th 1862:

13 Grey Woolen Jackets
40 pr Drawers
40 pr Woolen Socks
14 pr Shoes
8 lbs Horse Shoe Iron
1 lb Horse Shoe nails
7 Skillets and Lids

Ordnance Stores issued March 31st 1863

75 pr Spurs and Straps
150 Curry Combs
150 Horse Brushes
90 Halters
150 Navy Pistol Cartridges
84 Army Pistol Cartridges
3000 Austrian Rifle Cartridges

QM Stores issued April 9th 1863 (For Co. A)

38 Jackets @ $14.00
58 pr Pants @ $12.00
14 pr Shoes @ $10.50
39 Shirts @ $1.50
66 pr Drawes @ $1.00
28 Caps @ $1.63
2 Skillets and Lids
1 Camp Kettle
3 Buckets


QM Stores issued April 9th 1863 (For Co. B)

49 Jackets @ $14.00
81 pr Pants @ $12.00
54 Shirts @ $1.50
92 pr Drawers @ $1.00
19 pr Shoes @ $10.50
39 Caps @ $1.63
1 Camp Kettle
2 Buckets

Ordnance Stores issued April 30th 1863

2990 Miss Rifle Cartridges
670 Enfield Rifle Cartridges
468 Army Pistol Cartridges
528 Navy Pistol Cartridges
12 Savage Pistol Cartridges
2500 Musket Caps
1300 Pistol Caps
6 Mississippi Rifles
10 Cartridge Boxes
313 Haversacks

QM Stores issued August 29th 1863 (for Co. B)

23 pr Shoes
36 Shirts
29 pr Pants
20 pr Drawers
21 Jackets

Will MacDonald

[4vaadjutant]

Re: Ordnacne and QM issues to 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

Returns of ordnance supplies on hand (usually submitted quarterly) and requisitions of supplies can be so helpful to interpreters. Here is a mounted infantry unit that apparently used Mississippi rifles, as well as other assorted weapons. There was a time it used Sibley tents and once requisitioned 313 haversacks! Thanks for the information about supplies issued to this cavalry unit that operated throughout Virginia. Do your notes indicate which depots supplied the unit?

Tom Williams, AAG
4th Virginia Infantry
Indianapolis

[Mississippian]

Re: Ordnacne and QM issues to 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

FYI, Don Troiani just posted a solider study print of this unit to his Facebook page. Looks good.

Will MacDonald