NA, RR 10/31B/1864

The Confederate States of America
To D. S. Downing
 
Oct 31st 1864 For Hauling Thirteen Hundred Fifty pounds (1350 lbs) Bacon from Canton Rail Road {New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR} Depot to the Terminus of Southern Rail Road {Southern (of Mississippi) RR} Distance one & half miles, there being no Government teams I could procure, work done the 29th Oct/64 $10 00
 

 

   
       
 
   I certify that the above account is correct and just; that the services were rendered as stated; and that they were necessary for the public service.
F. C. McMackin Capt & Quartermaster
 
   Received at Jackson Miss the 31st of October 1864, of F. C. McMackin Capt & Asst Quartermaster, C. S. A., the sum of Ten Dollars and x cents in full of the above account.
D. S. Downing

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