| Confederate States of America |
| To A J Rahm |
| |
| 1864 |
Designation |
|
Remarks |
| February 27 |
For services of 4 men
(machinists) stripping Engine No. 3 of Executive Rods
connecting Rod &c &c preparatory to hauling same at
1 1/2 days each at $25.00 pr day |
$150.00 |
This was
extraordinary work and done at an unpropitious time hence
the apparent high prices of labor. The ware and lack of
tools is also to be considered. |
| March 14 |
For services of 27 hands fixing
trucks & brakes, jacking up engine & tender. Hauling
same from Depot to Shop of Eagle Foundry 1 day each at
$20.00 pr day |
540.00 |
| |
|
690.00 |
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| I certify that the above account is
correct and just, amounting to Six hundred & Ninety Dollars and
that the services have been performed as stated and were necessary. |
| Richard Morton Lt Col |
| |
| Received at Richmond Va this 20th day of
April 1864 of H. F. Reardon, 1st Lieut. C. S. Nitre and Mining
Service, Six hundred & ninety dollars --- cents, in full of the
above account. |
| A. J. Rahm |
| {Engine No. 3 is almost
certainly the Manassas Gap RR No. 3, being repaired before being
sent to the Piedmont RR} |