Series 2973: Quartermaster Account, Letter, & Order Books. 1861-1865.
Creator: Confederate Records (RG 09).
Collection Summary: Miscellaneous bound materials from the Quartermaster and Ordnance Departments during the Civil War. Each book or ledger is described as follows:
Box 353: Bound volume (39 x 25 cm. with spine missing) containing transcribed copies of consecutively numbered cash vouchers paid by Colonel Madison McAfee, Quartermaster General of the Army of Mississippi, May-December 1861.
Box 354: Record book (30 x 15 x 2 cm.) of William Barksdale and Madison McAfee, Quartermasters General of the Army of Mississippi, containing transcribed receipts recording the issuance of supplies and equipment to officers of newly formed Mississippi military companies, primarily military buttons for uniforms, but also including such items as tents, kettles, buckets, frying pans, hatchets, spades, tin cups, iron spoons, coffee pots, blankets and knapsacks, March 26-May 31, 1861. The book also contains a few transcriptions of incoming correspondence requesting the issuance of supplies.
Box 368: Transportation account book (33 x 21 x 2 cm.) recording the transportation of army supplies and equipment via railroad carriers for the Quartermaster General of the Army of Mississippi, September 7, 1861, to April 17, 1863. Recorded information includes destination, materials to be shipped, and in some cases, total weight of shipment. Box 369: Quartermaster's receipt book (44 x 30 x 6 cm.) containing transcriptions of receipts for stores and funds issued by the Quartermaster General of the Army of Mississippi, along with transcriptions of some of the office's incoming correspondence, March 1861 to March 1862. The spine bears an imprinted label: "TT - United States Circuit Court."
Box 16700: Letterbook (35 x 22 x 2 cm.) of the Quartermaster General's Office of the state of Mississippi, located at Macon, Mississippi, containing transcriptions of outgoing correspondence of Quartermasters A.M. West and L. Haughton, February 10, 1864, to April 25, 1865. [USE PHOTOCOPY].
Box 16704: Bound volume (19 x 33 x 1 cm.) bearing on front cover "Record of Governors' Orders" and containing transcriptions of special orders issued to Mississippi Quartermasters by Governors John J. Pettus and Charles Clark, along with transcriptions of relevant correspondence, February 12, 1862, to April 29, 1865 (pages 1-70). Also contained within the book are rosters of quartermasters appointed by Governors Pettus and Clark, 1861-1865 (pages 84/85 and 88/89), and an undated list of persons employed by the Quartermaster General's Department (pages 86/87). An index to the orders is located at the front of the volume.
Access Restrictions: None.
Date(s): 1861-1865
Volume: 6.0 Cubic Feet.
Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer in August 2024.
Related Materials: : Series 401: Quartermaster and Ordnance Records. 1861-1865.
Record Group History: The Confederate records in this record group come from a variety of sources. The bulk of the collection's microfilm consists of copies of service records compiled from original material from the former Confederate states. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, under the guidance of Dr. Dunbar Rowland, collected from former veterans and other state citizens as much original material as possible. Typed bound volumes were compiled by this Department from its material and material in the War Department's possession. The act which established the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 1902 provides in section 6: "That the Department is charged with the duty of making special effort to collect data in reference to soldiers from Mississippi in the war between the United States and the Confederate States both from the War Department at Washington and from private individuals, and to cause the same to be prepared for publication as speedily as possible."
- Collection Inventory:
Box Content Box Number
Voucher book, Madison McAfee, Quartermaster General, Army of Miss.: 1861 353 Ordnance Book, accounts approved by Col. Layton, Ch. of Ordnance: 1862-1863 354 Quartermaster Book, records of Wm. Barksdale and M. McAffee: 1861 354 Quartermaster, cash transactions book: 1862-1864 368 Transportation accounts book, Army of Mississippi: 1861-1863 368 Quartermaster, cash receipts and disbursements book: 1861-1862 369 Quartermaster General's letterbook: 1864-1865 (RESTRICTED) 16700 Quartermaster General's letterbook: 1864-1865 (USE PHOTOCOPY) 16700 Quartermaster list of employees: n.d. (pgs 86/87) 16704 Quartermaster orders from the Governor: 1862-1865 (pgs 1-70) 16704 Quartermaster roster of Quartermasters: 1861-1865 (pgs 84/85, 88/89) 16704