| List of Articles lost or destroyed in the
public service at Meridian Miss, while in the possession and charge of
Capt. S. F. Pennington A. Q. M. in the month of February 1864 |
| No & Quantity |
Articles |
Cause & Circumstance |
| (48) Forty-eight |
Pairs of Pants |
The foregoing articles of Q. M.
property were ordered by the Chf Q. M. of the Department to be
removed from Meridian Miss the day previous to the evacuation
of the place. They were transported by R. R. to Gainesville
Ala, thence to Selma Ala via Mobile & Montgomery. During
the transit they were stolen, some were destroyed through the
carelessness of R. R. & Steam boat employees and through
the impossibility of procuring storage room |
| (305) Three hundred & five |
Jackets |
| (311) Three hundred & eleven |
Pairs of drawers |
| (43) Forty three |
Pairs of Shoes |
| (1) One |
Pairs of Booties |
| (4) Four |
Hats |
| (120) One hundred & twenty |
Yards of Oil Cloth |
|
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| I certify that the several articles of
Quarter Masters Stores, above enumerated, have been unavoidably lost
or destroyed while in the public service, as indicated by the remarks
annexed to them respectively. |
| S. F. Pennington Capt & AQM |
| |
| Sworn to and subscribed before me this
31st day of March 1864, by Chas W Dwight, Quarter Master Sergeant in
charge. |
| H R Hooper |
| Maj & A. Q. M. |
| |
| I certify that the above statement of
losses with the circumstances & causes, is correct, and that they
were ??? |
| C. W. Dwight |