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More, Robert B., fl. 1862 [Board of Survey report]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.148 Author/Creator: More, Robert B., fl. 1862 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Manuscript document Date: February 23, 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Copy of a report on the supplies of R. S. Gardner, a lieutenant in the 3rd Provisional Brigade to Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon, as Colonel of the same brigade. The Board of Survey members were appointed under special orders no. 48. Signed by More as Captain, Company I, 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, J.R. McMullin as Captain, 1st Battery Ohio Artillery, and James Taylor as 1st Lieutenant, 30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Lists the pounds of bread, rice, hominy and potatoes in Gardner's possession. States that they are all damaged by rot and mold and therefore unfit for use of the troops. They also report that the damage cannot be blamed on anyone and was the fault of the weather. Written from Camp Union in Fayetteville, West Virginia.

More, Robert B., fl. 1862
McMullin, R., James, fl. 1835
Tayler, James, 1825-?
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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