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The Confederate States
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| To Henry Ormsby |
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| Date |
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Dollars |
Cents |
| 1863 |
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| July 11th |
For Services of self and nine
laborers six days transporting Commissary stores on Mule Cars
from Holly Springs to Oxford Miss {38
miles} during July 1863 |
111 |
00 |
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| I certify, on honor, that the above
account is correct and just; that the services were rendered as
stated, and that they were necessary for the public service. |
| W. M. Cargill Maj & Quartermaster |
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| Received at Oxford Miss July 11th 1863 of
W. M. Cargill A. Q. M. One hundred & Eleven dollars and --- cents,
in full of the above account. |
| H. Ormsby |
| {This was probably done by using
mules to pull cars down the damaged Mississippi Central RR since there
would be no reason to use mule carts on the roads if the railroad was
still operational.} |