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Regiment: 1st Michigan Light Artillery 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 here by certify on honor that I am on Leave of Absence by authority of Special Field Order No. 70 dated near Atlanta GA Aug 31st 64 Headquarters of Army of the Onio By order of [ ? ] Genl Schofield (signed) J. A. Campbell asst adjt. Genl Geo. Holbrook Lieut Battery 2 1 Mich L Arty I hereby certify that I have seen and noted this payment an the above mentioned Order Elias Casper Addut PayMr USA Tax on $128.66=$644 | |
| For Myself | June 30th 1864 | August 31st 1864 | 2 | 53 | 33 | 106 | 66 | |||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 2 | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| Clothing | ||||||||||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Forage | ||||||||||
| For Horses | ||||||||||
| Subsistence | ||||||||||
| No. of days | No. of Rations | Total No. of Rations | Post or place where due. | Price of Rations. Cents. | 74 | 40 | ||||
| For myself for year service | 62 | 4 | 248 | Nashville Tenn. | 311 | 18 | 60 | |||
| For 1 private servant not soldier | 62 | 1 | 62 | 311 | 228 6 222 | 66 44 22 | ||||
| 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 R. P.L Babuly, and to the 31 day of June 1864 I at the same time acknowledge that I have RECEIVED of Maj Elias Casper Paymaster U.S. Army, this 1 day of Sept 1864, the sume of two hundred + twenty two dollars and twenty two cents, being the amount and in full of said account.(SIGNED IN DUPLICATE.) Geo Holbrook 1st Lieut Battery F 1 Mich L Arty | |||||
| Description of Servants. | Recapitulation. | ||||
| Names. | Complexion. | Height. Feet. | Inches. | Eyes. | Hair | Pay Subsistence Forage Clothing Amount $ |
| William | Black | 5 9 | Black | Black | |