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Compiled by the National Archivists before
the microfilming of the Civil War records. |
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Entries in blue are references
and my additions.
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Morfit appears to have been born
in Virginia in 1835. He was an Attorney in Baltimore in 1860, living
with his parents. His father was an Attorney and a brother was
studying medicine.
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| Morfit, Mason -- Capt. & A. Q.
M.; Maj. & Q. M. |
| May 24, 1861 |
Appointed Transportation Agent
at Weldon, N. C.
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| On Duty on Richmond |
| January 3, 1862 |
Appointed Capt. & A. Q. M.; to report to Q. M.
Gen. Formerly a Transportation Agent |
| January 21, 1862 |
Purchased 5 cars
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| January 28, 1862 |
Sent to Memphis to return cars
to proper roads
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| February 2, 1862 |
Purchased car springs from the
Georgia RR
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| February 8, 1862 |
Approved extra car for Gen.
Magruder
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| February 18, 1862 |
Purchased 5 cars
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| March 1, 1862 |
Sent to forward
Government freight throughout the Confederacy
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| March 8, 1862 |
Capt. Morfit ordered to car
makers
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| March 21, 1862 |
At Richmond signs voucher for mileage from March 6 to
18, 1862
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| March 25, 1862 |
Purchased 3 box cars
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| April 17, 1862 |
Ordered to travel to Knoxville
to see into the delays along the route; also sent to Augusta and
Charleston to settle accounts
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| May 21, 1862 |
At Richmond signs voucher for traveling expenses from
April 23 to May 2, 1862
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| June 21, 1862 |
Received 5 new box cars
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| June 26, 1862 |
Ordered to take over the duties Major
Ashe had performed
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| August 1, 1862 |
Capt. M. Morfit, Q. M. Dept, assigned as one of a
commission to inquire into & report upon the railroad
transportation of Confederate States
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| August 31, 1862 |
Paid CS Locomotive engineer
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| September 3, 1862 |
Orders quartermasters to ship
medical supplies to a Richmond doctor
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| September 29, 1862 |
Requested assignment as
Superintendent of RRs
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| September ?, 1862 |
Ordered 1030 pounds of iron bar
from Tredegar for the Wilmington & Weldon RR {Tredegar Foundry
Sale Book}
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| October 16, 1862 |
Pleads for consideration for the
Virginia Central RR
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| October 22, 1862 |
Supporting shipment of material
for Piedmont RR construction
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| October 31, 1862 |
Paid CS train engineers and
conductor
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| November 26, 1862 |
Promoted to Major
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| November 30, 1862 |
Paid for repairs to several
locomotives
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| December 5, 1862 |
Tries to get stuck gun moving to
Charleston
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| December 20, 1862 |
Reports he is unable to improve
the North Carolina RR unless he is sent there in person
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| December 23, 1862 |
Reported problems controlling
rolling stock
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| December 29, 1862 |
Reports on need to repair bridge
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| December 20, 1862 |
At R. R. Transportation Office Q. M. Dept. Richmond,
signs as Major. & Q. M.
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| January, 1863 |
Appears to have been responsible
for the use of all CS Government rolling stock
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| January 20, 1863 |
At R. R. Transportation Office at Richmond, signs as
Major & Q. M.
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| February, 1863 |
Made a trip that included
Atlanta and Augusta looking for CS Government cars
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| March 23, 1863 |
Approved bill for rental of
rolling stock
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| April 15, 1863 |
Requested relief from
responsibility for certain rolling stock
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| May 5, 1863 |
States he leaves for Columbia,
S. C. today
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| May 25, 1863 |
As a result of his visit to
Columbia, Capt. Sharp is assigned to expedite Government freight
there
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| June 26, 1863 |
Major & Q. M. ordered to report to Gen. D. H. Hill
for assignment to duty at Wilmington, N. C.
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| June 29, 1863 |
Was given an order relating to
RR transportation in Wilmington
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| Transportation Agent at Wilmington |
| July 1, 1863 |
Previous order revoked and is assigned to duty at
Wilmington to supervise the transportation and forwarding of all
supplies, etc., reporting to Gen. Whiting
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| Transportation Agent at Petersburg, Va. |
| July 14, 1863 |
Major & Q. M., relieved from duty at Wilmington
and ordered to report to Petersburg, Va., to take charge of R. R.
transportation
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| July 23, 1863 |
Suggested he run the RR
transportation in Petersburg
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| August 13, 1863 |
Prior approval of rental of
rolling stock mentioned
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| August 17, 1863 |
Questions concerning his
exercise of authority
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| September 3, 1863 |
At Petersburg, Va., signs as Major & Q. M.
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| October 5, 1863 |
Gen. G. E. Pickett, comdg. Dept. of N. C. Headquarters
at Petersburg, Va. mentions Major Morfit as Transportation Agent at
that place
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| October 21, 1863 |
At Petersburg, Va., signs as Major & Q. M.
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| November 14, 1863 |
Contacts Sims about traffic in
Petersburg
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| November 30, 1863 |
Relieved of duty in Petersburg
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| December 1, 1863 |
Letters regarding his being
relieved in Petersburg
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| December 19, 1863 |
Ordered to inspect QM Posts and
Depots on the Virginia & Tennessee RR (supply line for
Longstreet)
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| December 23, 1863 |
Major & Q. M. ordered to relieve Capt. H. McCoy,
A. Q. M., in charge of Federal prisoners at Danville, Va.
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| January 28, 1864 |
At Petersburg, Va., signs voucher for commutation of
fuel for January 1-28, 1864 and signs as Major & Q. M.
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| Commanding Prison Guard at Danville, Va. |
| March 6, 1864 |
At Danville, Va., signs as Major & Q. M., and
writes in regard to prison guard
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| March 10, 1864 |
Mentioned as Commanding Prison Guard Forces at
Danville, Va., under Gen. J. H. Winder, Commanding Department of
Henrico.
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| April 20, 1864 |
Mentioned as Commanding Prison Guard Forces at
Danville, Va.
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| June 4, 1864 |
Mentioned as Major & Q. M. commanding Prison at
Danville, Va.
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| October 12, 1864 |
Relieved from command at Danville, Va., and assigned
to duty at Salisbury, N. C., as Prison Q. M. By order W. . Gardner
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| Johnson's (B. T.) Command |
| November 23, 1864 |
Addressed as Major & A. Q. M. at Salisbury, N. C.
(General Johnson was assigned temporary command of Salisbury Dec.
17, 1864 and was commanding in February, March and April, 1865)
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| February 28, 1865 |
Signs as Major & Q. M. of Prison at Salisbury, N.
C.
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| March 5, 1865 |
Suggested as suitable man to run
unloading of trains at Salisbury
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| March 9, 1865 |
Signs as Major & Q. M. of Prison at Salisbury, N.
C.
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| March 24, 1865 |
Mentioned as Major & Q. M. Post Salisbury, N. C.
and ordered by General Beauregard to obey General Bragg's order
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| April 19, 1865 |
Mentioned as Major & Q. M. Post Salisbury, N. C.
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| April 26, 1865 |
Paroled as Major & Q. M. of General B. T.
Johnson's staff (N. C. Surrender)
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