[Manuscript form from the American Civil War, listing sixty-five men.] 'Abstract of Expenditures, on Account of the Quartermaster's Department by A J MacKay Lt Col & Chief Q M 14 A Corps, In the Field in the Month ending on the 31st of July 1863.'

Author: 
Andrew Jackson MacKay (1827-1901), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Chief Quartermaster for the Army of the Cumberland
Andrew Jackson MacKay (1827-1901), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army
Publication details: 
31 July 1863. 'No. 13. Abstract B.'
£125.00
SKU: 11079

Folio, 3 pp. A printed form on three leaves, held together by the original pink ribbon. Docketed on the reverse of two of the leaves (with the army said to be 'At M

Field'). In five columns: 'Date of Payment', 'Number of Voucher', 'To whom paid', 'On what account', and 'Amount' in 'Dollars' and 'Cts'. The first two columns left blank, and the last three completed in manuscript, comprising a numbered list of the names of sixty-five payees, reasons for payment and sums paid. The text is clear and complete, but the document is in fragile condition, on aged and chipped paper. 'Capt Charles M Walker' receives $7.50 for a 'Court Martial', 'Thos Calvin' receives $120 for being a 'Forage Master', 'LC Thos Kendall' receives $72.96 for 'Mileage', and 'James Anderson' receives '$17.14 for "Extra Duty'. The Colonel Andrew J. MacKay Letters and Papers, 1863-1865, are in the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville. According to the Library's catalogue entry Mackay's 'primary duty was to provide supplies to the cavalry soldiers in the region'. For more information about MacKay, see the on-line biography by Russ Dodge.