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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01762.03 Author/Creator: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 3 May 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 26.1 cm, Width: 41 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed. Signed by Garfield as Brigadier General of Volunteers and Chief of Staff, Department of the Cumberland. Garfield acknowledges receipt of $299.50 from Major William Smith, Paymaster of the United States Army. Pertains to pay for the month of April 1863 for Garfield and his private servants. Notes that this payment is for service at Murfreesboro. Lists the names of three servants: James Rollins, John Brockenberry, and Edmund Keebles, who are described as "Black." Servants were allotted three rations per day; Garfield received twelve. Docket is partially printed. Voucher no. 1163.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Rollins, James, fl. 1863
Brockenberry, John, fl. 1863
Smith, William, fl. 1863
Keebles, Edmund, fl. 1863

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