Click here for this soldier’s biography: https://micivilwar.com/authors/fargo-daniel-t/
Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry Battles Mentioned: Historical Figures:
| On what account. | Commencement and Expiration. | Term of Service Charge | Pay per Month | Amount | Remarks | |||||
| Pay | From… | To… | Months. | Days. | Dollars. | Cents. | Dollars. | Cents. | I hereby certify, on honor that I am on My way [ ? ] my regt ret [ ? ] by authority of Special Order No. 94 dated [ ? ] 3/64 Headquarters of Dept of Cumberlan of Maj. Gene Sheman Com’y Dan T Fargo Capt Com [ ? ] Co F 2nd Mich Cav.I hereby certify that I have seen and noted this payment on the above mentioned order[ ? ] [ ? ] | |
| For Myself | Jany 1st 1864 | Feby 29 1864 | 2 | 80 | 160 | |||||
| For private servant not soldier | 2 | 12 | 24 | |||||||
| Clothing | ||||||||||
| For private servant not soldier | 2 | 2 | 50 | 5 | ||||||
| Forage | ||||||||||
| For Horses | ||||||||||
| Subsistence | ||||||||||
| No. of days | No. of Rations | Total No. of Rations | Post or place where due. | Price of Rations. Cents. | ||||||
| For myself for year service | 60 | 4 | Louisville Ky | 30 54 | 30 | 90 279 5 273 | 00 00 37 63 | |||
| For private servant not soldier | 60 | 1 | ||||||||
| I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing account is accurate and just; that I have not been absent with or without leave during any part of the time charged for; that I have not received pay, nor drawn rations, forage, or clothing, in kind, or received money in lieu of any part thereof, for any part of the therein charged; that I actually owned, and kept in service, the horses, and employed the private servants for which I charge, for the whole of the time charged, and that I did not, during the terms so charged, or any part hereof, keep of employ a soldier as a waiter or servant; that the annexed is an accurate description of my servant; that for the whole period charged for my staff appointment, I actually and legally held the appointment, and did duty in the department; that I was the actual and only commanding officer at the double-ration post charge for; and that no officer, within my knowledge has a right to claim, or does claim, for said services for any of the period charged; that for the whole time brevet pay is claimed, I had the command stated; that I was actually in the command of a company for the whole time additional pay is charged; that I have not been in the performance of any staff duty for which I claim or have received extra compensation during the time an additional ration is charged for; that I have been in the United States Army as a commissioned officer for the number of years stated in the charge for extra rations; that I am not in arrears with the United States on any account whatsoever, and that the last payment I received was from Paymaster Maj Hallorray , and to the 31 day of Dec 1863 I at the same time acknowledge that I have RECEIVED of Maj L T Thustin Paymaster U.S. Army, this 21 day of April 1864 , the sum of Two Hundred Seventy three dollars and sixty three cents, being the amount and in full of said account.(SIGNED IN DUPLICATE.) Dan T. Fargo Capt Com [ ? ] F 2nd Mich. Cav. | |||||
| Description of Servants. | Recapitulation. | ||||
| Names. | Complexion. | Height. Feet. | Inches. | Eyes. | Hair | Pay Subsistence Forage Clothing Amount $ |
| William | Dark | 5 3 | Dark | Dark | |