The Confederate States
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To Southern {(of Mississippi)}
R. R. Co. |
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1862 |
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Dollars |
Cents |
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For the hire of two Locomotives and thirty cars
used between Jackson Miss and Tangipahoa La {109
miles south of Jackson on the New Orleans, Jackson & Great
Northern RR}, from 21st to 27th of
July 1862. |
1500 |
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I certify that the above account is
correct and just, and that the services were as stated, and that
they were necessary for the public service; the engines and cars
for which the above charges are made, being employed by order of
Major Gen Earl Van Dorn, for the transportation of the troops,
destined for and engaged in the attack upon Baton Rouge La. |
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$1500 |
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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. |
????? Quartermaster |
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Received at Enterprise Mi the 30 day of
November 1862, of Major L Mims Quartermaster C. S. Army, the sum of
Fifteen Hundred Dollars and ___ Cents, in full of the above account. |
M. Emanuel Prest |
Southern RR Co |
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