Report submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry. This monthly departmental form,designated No. 8, names twenty-eight civilian employees due pay. All but one are listed as "Colored"...
Three separate ink design drawings contained on one piece of coated fabric that relay sectioning, framing, and elevation in depicting proposed gates and stone fencing for the Chattanooga Cemetery. Scale is 1/2 inch to 1 foot.
One-page printed form lists categories providing a good indication of the diverse responsibilities of the Quartermasters Department. One item of interest listed under "Incidental Expenses (not expressed under any other heading): "Extra duty men at...
Printed form listing stores transferred to Lieutenant Abram Pelham, 13th Michigan Infantry, on June 17, 1864, at Tullahoma, Tennessee. "Received, Nashville, June 17, 1864 of Wainwright, Nashville, the following list of Quartermaster Stores: 25...
This monthly accounting document submitted by Assistant Quartermaster Captain William Alonzo Wainwright details lost and destroyed articles from the quartermaster's stores. This one-page Quartermaster's Department form, designated No. 43, Abstract...
Report of expenses incurred on account of cemeteries and exhuming and reinterring the remains of deceased Federal soldiers by Brevet Major W. A. Wainwright, Captain Assistant Quartermaster. Includes total of $50,169.95 with $14,654.33 still...
List of thirty-nine line items including fifty pontoons, two stoves, fifteen blacksmiths bellows, and three portable forges, all of which are considered more economical to sell than to transport to other points. The invoice is made in accordance...
Advertisement dealing with iron head blocks for graves of soldiers buried in national cemeteries. Advertisement includes number of head blocks requested by location (8-12,000 for Memphis and 15-20,000 for Nashville), as well as the dimensions and...
Agreement between Wainwright and Cornelius for the construction of approximately 2,000 headboards for graves at a cost of $0.75 each. Stipulates where headboards are to be delivered, their appropriate dimensions, and specifications for...
Articles of agreement between Assistant Quartermaster E. B. Whitman and John M. Palmer for coffins for national cemeteries located at or near Natchez, Vicksburg, Corinth, Memphis, Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Marietta. Document...
Report to Assistant Quartermaster William Alonzo Wainwright listing the names of seventeen individuals who transported the bodies of soldiers exhumed and reinterred at the Knoxville National Cemetery in December 1867. The report includes the cost...
Semi-weekly report of the number of transportation orders received, issued, cancelled by error, and remaining on hand. It includes a statement of the amount of transportation furnished during the last half of the week ending August 26, 1865. ...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67101 for Angeline Taylor, refugee, to travel from Knoxville to Jonesboro, Tennessee. Taylor was 10 years old and was going to live with her mother. The order includes a letter to W. A. Wainwright at the Freedmen's...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67108 for Mary Phinny and child, destitute refugees, to travel from Knoxville to New Market, Tennessee. Phinny was "here on a begging excursion and wishes to get home where she has four little children." The order...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67122 for Antony DeGraft, destitute soldier, who had been robbed of his money and is unable to purchase food or lodging. The order permits him to travel from Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes a letter...
Form No. 18 certifying the costs of travel and pay for Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to attend the court-martial of S. R. K. Patton as ordered by Special Order No. 127. Payment totalled $40.85.
Report of Transportation Issued by the Quartermaster's Dept. from June 17 - July 11, 1866. Handwritten document listing destinations and mileage: Marietta (116 miles), Knoxville (112 miles), Tunnel Hill, Georgia (29 miles), Nashville (151 miles),...
Special Order No. 127 was issued by Major General Stoneman convening a court-martial for the trial of Colonel S. R. K. Patton of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry. The order also commands Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to "depart for the court."
Certificate issued by Judge Advocate Gray certifying that Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan was in attendance of the General Courts-martial from June 14 to July 26, 1865, in accordance with Special Order No. 127.
Voucher of loyalty certifying James C. Bradford as a loyal citizen as attested to by Joseph Blackburn, Assistant Assessor for the 10th Division, 3rd District of Tennessee. The certificate states that Blackburn is "well acquainted" with Bradford...
