NA, SM 7/27/1862

The Confederate States
To Southern {(of Mississippi)} R. R. Co.
 
1862   Dollars Cents
  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 00
       
     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.    
    $1500 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.
????? Quartermaster
 
   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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