A Guide to the 7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents, 1861-1862 7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents mss 00399

A Guide to the 7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents, 1861-1862

A Collection in
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Collection Number mss 00399

Virginia Military Institute Archives

Virginia Military Institute Archives
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Repository

Archives, Preston Library, Virginia Military Institute

Collection number

mss 00399

Title

7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents, 1861-1862

Physical Characteristics

The collection consists of 20 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents, mss 00399, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

Alternative Form

The 7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents are available in full-text format on the VMI Archives website at: http://www.vmi.edu/archives/manuscripts/00399/ms0399.html

Scope and Content Information

This Civil War collection consists of requisitions and receipts (20 items) issued primarily by Capt. William Miller, Assistant Quartermaster serving on the staff Col. Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army. The documents date from the period Dec. 1861-March 1862 and many bear Ashby's signature. Included are receipts for corn, oats, and hay purchased from various farmers.

Contents List

7th Virginia Cavalry Quartermaster Documents, 1861-1862

Transportation requisition for Captains Winfield and Miller.
Stationery requisition for for Col. Turner Ashby.
Requisition for cooking utensils & misc. items.
Receipt for purchase of corn from Henry S. Richards, Hanging Rock.
Receipt for purchase of corn and oats from Jackson Bagent.
Requisition for camp supplies
Requisition for camp supplies
Receipt for purchase of wood from Nathan Vanmetre.
Receipt for purchase of hay and corn from George R. Holliday.
Requisition for saddle girths, etc.
Receipt for purchase of corn from Benjamin Loy.
Receipt for purchase of wood and straw from Adam Kreglow.
Receipt for purchase of hay from H. Hull.
Receipt for purchase of hay from T. N. [Lemmon?].
Receipt for purchase of hay from William Smith.
Receipt for purchase of oats from Henry Grove.
Receipt for purchase of hay from William Cather.
Receipt for purchase of corn from Horace A. Pease.
Requisition for horseshoes.
Receipt for purchase of hay from George Yeakley.