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Original Civil War Collection (1903-2014), CW PD

Abstract

The Paymaster Department records series is arranged in several subseries as part of the Civil War Collection of the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina. It is composed of: Paymaster Department, Pay Records, 1861-1864; Supply and Requisition Records, 1861-1865; and Miscellaneous Records, 1861-1865.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Paymaster Department series
Call Number
CW PD
Creator
Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina
Date
1861-1865
Repository

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Preferred Citation

[Box Numbers], Paymaster Department series, Civil War Collection, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

Collection Overview

The Paymaster Department records series is arranged in several subseries as part of the Civil War Collection of the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina. It is composed of: Paymaster Department, Pay Records, 1861-1864; Supply and Requisition Records, 1861-1865; and Miscellaneous Records, 1861-1865.

The Paymaster Department, Pay Records, 1861-1864, subseries is composed of various officers' pay vouchers as well as miscellaneous records of the Paymaster Department. The subseries is arranged in Box 30 of the old Civil War Collection arrangement.

The Supply and Requisition Records, 1861-1865, subseries is composed of requisitions by military units, hospitals, military posts, officers, and factories for camp equipage, subsistence, ordnance, and clothing stores; special requisitions by officers for uniform cloth for personal use; cloth requisitions for nonpersonal use; requisitions and requests for subsistence for soldiers' families; and other miscellaneous requisitions, receipts, and invoices. The subseries is arranged in Boxes 31-33 of the old Civil War Collection arrangement.

The Miscellaneous Records, 1861-1865, subseries is composed of correspondence of assistant quartermasters, financial statements, payrolls, contracts, bonds, invoices, receipts for supplies, statements of wages, quarterly returns, transportation passes, and requisitions. The subseries is arranged in Box 34 of the old Civil War Collection arrangement.

The series is arranged in Boxes 30 to 34 of the old Civil War Collection arrangement.

Contents of the Collection

Collection Contents
Paymaster Department. Pay Records, 1861-1864
30

Includes various officers' pay vouchers as well as miscellaneous records of the Paymaster Department.

Supply and Requisition Records, 1861-1865
31-33

Includes requisitons by military units, hospitals, military posts, officers, and factories for camp equipage, subsistence, ordnance, and clothing stores; special requisitions by officers for uniform cloth for personal use; cloth requisitions for non-personal use; requisitions and requests for subsistence for soldiers' families; and other miscellaneous requisitions; receipts, and invoices.

Quartermaster Dept.: Miscellaneous Records, 1861- circa 1885
34

Includes correspondence of assistant quartermasters, financial statements, payrolls, contracts, bonds, invoices, receipts for supplies, statements of wages, quarterly returns, transportation passes, and requisitons.