United States Army Abstract of Payments Ledger, 1864-1867

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Summary

Title:
U.S. Army Abstract of Payments Ledger,
Dates:
1864-1867
Creators:
United States. Army
Extent:
.2 linear feet (1 bound volume)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

U.S. Army Abstract of Payments Ledger. Wyles Mss 65. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

1 bound volume, a Civil War era ledger kept by F. A. Hixson, U.S. Army Major and Paymaster. Includes names and ranks, with figures for pay, subsistence, forage, clothing of servants, and clothing of soldiers, 1864-1867.

Biographical / historical:

Information about regulations and procedures regarding pay and related issues during the Civil War era may be found in printed works such as:

  • Hunter, R. F.Manual for Quartermasters and Commissaries... (1863)
  • United States, Auditor for Treasury Department. Instructions in Preparing Claims for Soldiers' Pay (1862).
  • United States. Pay Department (War Department). Annual Report of the Paymaster-General of the Army, 1867-1869.
  • United States, War Department, Pay Department. The Army Paymaster's Manual... (1864).

Acquisition information:
Undetermined.
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 29 October 2002 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

U.S. Army Abstract of Payments Ledger. Wyles Mss 65. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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