| The Confederate States |
| Application for Engineer Service |
| To Hammond & Davis |
| |
| Date |
|
Dollars |
Cents |
| 1864 |
|
|
|
| March 23 |
To 38 days Services of Barge used in making
Pontoon Bridges at Lewis' ferry and at Demopolis from Febry
14th to March 23d 1864 inclusive @ $50.00 per day |
1900 |
00 |
| "
" |
" damages done said Barge while in
the use of the Engr Dept by being run into by a flat boat
loaded with corn |
500 |
00 |
| "
" |
" expenses incurred by
owners in Towing back said Boat |
100 |
00 |
|
|
$ 2500 |
00 |
|
| |
| I certify that the above account is
correct and just, amounting to twenty five hundred dollars. |
| Saul H Lockett |
| Lt Col Engrs |
| |
| Received at Demopolis Ala the 24th of
May 1864 of Lt Col Saul H. Lockett, Corps of Engineers the sum of
Twenty five hundred Dollars and ___ Cents, in full of the
above account. |
| Hammond & Davis |
| {Demopolis was where the
Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR was trying to build a bridge
over the Tombigbee River.} |