The Confederate States, Defences of North
Carolina
To Capt T F Peck
Date
Designation
Application
Cost
Dollars
Cts
1863
Jany 21
3181 feet 2 1/2 inch Plank @ $40 pr M
Defences of Wilmington. Used for
footway on Rail Road bridge over North East Cape Fear, by order of
Brig General Whiting & was necessary for the military
protection of the Bridge
127
24
I certify that the above
account is correct and just; the articles to be (or have been)
accounted for in my Property Return for first quarter of the year 1863
Wm H James Capt Prov Eng
Received at Wilmington N. C. this
21st day of January 1863 from Capt Wm H James Provn Engrs the sum of
One hundred & twenty seven Dollars and twenty four cents in full payment of the above account.