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title: Forage requisitions submitted by Lieutenant W.L.D. White and Quartermaster John Dunning
Subject: Food, Certificates, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1863-02-01, 1863-02-01
Abstract: The State of Mississippi provided printed forms so that officers could request forage for company horses from the Quartermaster. Each form was filled in with necessary information, including the number of horses or animals for which forage was requested, the name of the company and its commanding officer, the term for which the forage was needed, the daily allowance of various grains in pounds to each animal, and the total grain allowance. The form was signed by the commanding officer, once to certify the requisition, and again to acknowledge receipt of forage from the Quartermaster. These requisitions are interfiled in chronological order with the other papers of the National Period. 12 pounds of corn requested by John Dunning for six private horses for seven days for the 1st Regiment of Mississippi Minute Men.

title: Forage requisitions submitted by Lieutenant W.L.D. White and Quartermaster John Dunning
Subject: Farm produce, Food, Certificates, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1863-01-15, 1863-01-15
Abstract: The State of Mississippi provided printed forms so that officers could request forage for company horses from the Quartermaster. Each form was filled in with necessary information, including the number of horses or animals for which forage was requested, the name of the company and its commanding officer, the term for which the forage was needed, the daily allowance of various grains in pounds to each animal, and the total grain allowance. The form was signed by the commanding officer, once to certify the requisition, and again to acknowledge receipt of forage from the Quartermaster. These requisitions are interfiled in chronological order with the other papers of the National Period. 7,680 pounds of corn, 8,760 pounds of fodder requested by Lieutenant W.L.D. White for forty public horses for sixteen days in Captain J.B. Dennis' Company of Rangers.

title: Forage requisitions submitted by Lieutenant W.L.D. White and Quartermaster John Dunning
Subject: Farm produce, Food, Certificates, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1863-01-22, 1863-01-22
Abstract: The State of Mississippi provided printed forms so that officers could request forage for company horses from the Quartermaster. Each form was filled in with necessary information, including the number of horses or animals for which forage was requested, the name of the company and its commanding officer, the term for which the forage was needed, the daily allowance of various grains in pounds to each animal, and the total grain allowance. The form was signed by the commanding officer, once to certify the requisition, and again to acknowledge receipt of forage from the Quartermaster. These requisitions are interfiled in chronological order with the other papers of the National Period. 12 pounds of corn, 14 pounds of fodder requested by John Dunning, Quartermaster, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men, for six private horses for ten days in Colonel Ben King's Company.

title: Forage requisitions submitted by Lieutenant W.L.D. White and Quartermaster John Dunning
Subject: Farm produce, Food, Certificates, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1863-01-01, 1863-01-01
Abstract: The State of Mississippi provided printed forms so that officers could request forage for company horses from the Quartermaster. Each form was filled in with necessary information, including the number of horses or animals for which forage was requested, the name of the company and its commanding officer, the term for which the forage was needed, the daily allowance of various grains in pounds to each animal, and the total grain allowance. The form was signed by the commanding officer, once to certify the requisition, and again to acknowledge receipt of forage from the Quartermaster. These requisitions are interfiled in chronological order with the other papers of the National Period.

title: List of clothing and equipment transferred by Colonel P.O. Tricou, Quartermaster General Louisiana Army, to Captain Jules Vienne, Company D, Crescent Regiment Quartermaster at New Orleans
Subject: Documents, Deals, Military policy
Date created ms: 1862-1-21, 1862-1-21
Abstract: The list gave the quantity, value, and condition of the various articles transferred.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-31, 1862-12-31
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $80 to C.W. Bryant for one month of service as 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-33, 1862-12-33
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $130 to A.H. Lamar for one month of service as Captain, 1st Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-30, 1862-12-30
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $80 to W.A. Wilson for one month of service as 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Regiment.

title: Personal letter from John A. Buckner, Jackson, Mississippi, to Jefferson Davis, no place
Subject: Correspondence, Documents, Military policy, Political issues
Date created ms: 1862-8-25, 1862-8-25
Abstract: Buckner relayed a message from Confederate General Charles Clark that, contrary to rumors Davis may have heard, Clark had "not been intoxicated since the war began" and this "as the last words of a dying man." Buckner continued to praise the ability and probity of Clark, who had been wounded at Shiloh and at Baton Rouge. Buckner's letter is followed by a note written and initialed by Jefferson Davis. In it Davis said that he regretted that Clark had "been under the painful impression that he was under such misrepresentation deprived of my confidence - no charges of the kind referred to have reached me." [Not in Rowland, Jefferson Davis, His Letters...]

title: Personal letter from Lieutenant C[harles] H.C. Brown, President's escort, Washington, Georgia, to C[harles] A. Louque, Louisiana Guard Artillery, no place
Subject: Correspondence, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1865-05-04, 1865-05-04
Abstract: Brown transmitted a copy of a May 3 letter that he had received from President Davis. He commended Louque for his service as a member the presidential escort. "In this dark hour of our history it is pleasent [sic] for you to have the proud satisfaction of knowing that you have done your duty to your country to the very last - until received by her chief magistrate himself."

title: Personal letter from Colonel William Preston Johnston, Washington, Georgia, to Lieutenant [Charles H.C.?] Brown, Washington Artillery, no place
Subject: Correspondence, Documents, Military policy
Date created ms: 1865-05-03, 1865-05-03
Abstract: Johnson wrote on behalf of President [Jefferson Davis] to thank Brown for the assistance given by him and his men as part of Davis' escort [during his escape from Richmond]. This copy was sent to Charles Louque of the Louisiana Guards. [Not in Rowland, Jefferson Davis, His Letters...]

title: Official letter from the Baron de Carondelet, [New Orleans], to Colonel Francisco Bouligny, [New Orleans]
Subject: Documents, Military policy, Correspondence
Date created ms: 1796-12-19, 1796-12-19
Abstract: Governor Carondelet informed Bouligny that [Captain Francisco] Montreuil was seeking to excuse himself from going to Pensacola on the pretext of an agreement he had made with [Lieutenant Colonel Juan de] LaVillebeuve, that was to say with José Valiere. Carondelet supposed that Montreuil had deposited 1,000 pesos in the Treasury and requested Bouligny to verify this. All those who had served their term prior to the declaration of war could have a furlough. Carondelet asked what Bouligny had learned about the author of the memorial so that his petition be denied. Carondelet was leaving the next day for Plaquemines where he was to lay the foundations of the new Fort Bourbon. Bouligny was to handle pay accounts during his absence.

title: Official letter from William Tecumseh Sherman, Headquarters, District of Cairo, Paducah, Kentucky, to Captain [Gilbert A.] Pierce, no place
Subject: Documents, Correspondences, Military policy
Date created ms: 1862-2-21, 1862-2-21
Abstract: Sherman informed Pierce that he had "assigned the ground and stables formerly occupied by the Light Artillery to Captain Cochrans Battery...You may take possession of any stables in town for your teams."

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-34, 1862-12-34
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $90 to William G. Raines for one month of service as 1st Lieutenant, 1st Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-30, 1862-12-30
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $90 to T.L. Stevens for one month of service as 1st Lieutenant, 3rd Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops,
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-29, 1862-12-29
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $195 to W.J. Owens for one month of service as Colonel, 3rd Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-32, 1862-12-32
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $80 to J.H. Ellis for one month of service as 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Regiment.

title: Pay vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to officers of the 1st Brigade, Mississippi State Troops
Subject: Bank notes, Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1862-12-30, 1862-12-30
Abstract: The State of Mississippi used these printed forms as payment authorizations for its soldiers. Each voucher was filled with the term of service, the pay rate per month, and the amount of pay issued. The Quartermaster signed the voucher when he issued pay, and the officer signed as an acknowledgment that he had received the correct amount. Salaries ranged from $80 per month for a Junior Lieutenant to $195 per month for a Colonel. The vouchers are filed in chronological order with other documents of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents: $194.66 to G.W. Clark for two months and thirteen days of service as 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Regiment.

title: Pass issued by Lieutenant Warren A. Grice, Commandant Post, Amite City, Louisiana, to Charles Louque, Saint John the Baptist Parish
Subject: Documents, Military policy, Travel
Date created ms: 1865-02-26, 1865-02-26
Abstract: Charles Louque, a recruit for the Louisiana Guard Battery, Army of Virginia, was to be permitted to pass from the Amite City post to Mobile, where he would report to Colonel T.S. Taylor. The pass gave a physical description of Louque.

title: Pay order vouchers issued by the State of Mississippi to various individuals
Subject: Documents, Military policy, Money
Date created ms: 1863-10-14, 1863-10-14
Abstract: The State of Mississippi issued print voucher forms to authorize payment for goods and services rendered by individual citizens to the Army of Mississippi. Each voucher gave a handwritten itemized statement of the individual's account and was signed by the Assistant Quartermaster General. The citizen acknowledged receipt of payment by also signing the form. A few of the vouchers in this group are entirely in manuscript. The vouchers are interfiled in chronological order with the other papers of the National Period. The following is an inventory of the documents. $53.70 to T.L. Kirkham, Grenada, Mississippi, for 537 pounds of fresh beef. /s/ J. Moore.

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