7th Virginia Cavalry quartermaster documents

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
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Preferred citation:

7th Virginia Cavalry quartermaster documents, 1861-1862. MS 0399. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
21 items
Creator:
Miller, William and Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

7th Virginia Cavalry quartermaster documents, 1861-1862. MS 0399. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of requisitions and receipts (21 items) issued primarily by Captain William Miller, Assistant Quartermaster serving on the staff of Colonel Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army. The documents date from the period December 1861 to March 1862 and many bear Ashby's signature. Included are receipts for corn, oats, and hay purchased from various farmers.

A transportation requisition for Captains Winfield and Miller.

A requisition for stationary for Turner Ashby for the month of December 1861.

Receipt for purchase of corn and oats from Jackson Bagent.

A receipt for the purchase of corn from Henry S. Richards.

A receipt for purchase of wood from Nathan Vanmetre.

A receipt for the purchase of hay and corn from George R. Holliday.

A receipt for the purchase of corn from Benjamin Loy.

A receipt for the purchase of hay from H. Hull.

A receipt for wood and straw from Adam Kreglow.

A receipt for the purchase of hay from T. N. [Lemmon?].

A receipt for the purchase of hay from William Smith.

A receipt for the purchase of oats from Henry Grove.

A receipt for the purchase of hay from William Cather.

A receipt for the purchase of corn from Horace A. Pease.

A receipt for the purchase of hay from George Yeakley.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks