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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers 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. | ||
| For Myself | The 23rd day of October 1861 | The 31st day of December 1861 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 115 | ||||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 90 | |||||
| Clothing | ||||||||||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 2 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 75 | ||||
| Forage | ||||||||||
| For Horses | ||||||||||
| Subsistence | ||||||||||
| No. of days | No. of Rations Per day. | Total No. of Rations | Post or place where due. | Price of Rations.Cents. | ||||||
| For myself for year service | 70 | 4 | 280 | |||||||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 70 | 1 | 70350 | 30 | 105 $255 65 | |||||
| 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 lieuof 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 wasfrom Paymaster , and to the day of , 18 . I atthe same time acknowledge that I have RECEIVED of Paymaster U.S. Army, this day of , the sum of Two Hundred and fifty five dollars and sixty five cents, being the amount and in full of said account.(SIGNED IN DUPLICATE.) E. S. Frary [ ? ] Co H. First Regmt Mich Engineer + Mechanics | |||||
| Description of Servants. | Recapitulation. | ||||
| Names. | Complexion. | Height.Feet. | Inches. | Eyes. | Hair | Pay……………… 144 90 Subsistence…… 105 Forage…………… Clothing…………. 5 75 Amount……….. $ 255 65 |
| John Wills | Dark | 5 11 | Dark | Black | |