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[Abstract of Expenditures for the Fourth Quarter of 1864] (open access)

[Abstract of Expenditures for the Fourth Quarter of 1864]

An abstract of materials expended or consumed in Company F, 1st Regiment New York Veteran Cavalry, during the fourth quarter of 1864. The form used is No. 9-(a.). On the reverse side it is indicated as copy No. 1. A total of 2,550 stores of ammunition were expended in practice firing.
Date: 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Abstract of Expenditures for the Third Quarter of 1864] (open access)

[Abstract of Expenditures for the Third Quarter of 1864]

An abstract of materials expended or consumed in Company F, first veteran regiment of New York cavalry for the third quarter of 1864. The form used is No. 9-(a.). A total of 800 stores of ammunition were expended in action at Leetown, Virginia on July 3, 1864; a total of 525 stores of ammunition were expended in action at Martinsburg, Virginia on July 25, 1864; and a total of 275 stores of ammunition were expended in action at Winchester, Virginia on July 24, 1864.
Date: 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Affidavit from Hamilton K. Redway Concerning the Death of Andrew M. Anderson, 1864] (open access)

[Affidavit from Hamilton K. Redway Concerning the Death of Andrew M. Anderson, 1864]

Affidavit from Captain Hamilton K. Redway concerning the death of Private Andrew M. Anderson. Private Anderson enlisted at Greene, New York on December 22, 1863, and died at Harrisonburg, Virginia on July 1, 1864.
Date: December 22, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union.  Volume 1. (open access)

The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union. Volume 1.

Volume one of a two-volume set gives a historical overview of slavery and the abolition movement in the U.S., records events leading to secession, and details political and military action early in the Civil War. Chapter XII (pp. 147-177) discusses the annexation of Texas to the United States. Analytical index begins on p. 633.
Date: 1864
Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Certification of Receipt Form] (open access)

[Blank Certification of Receipt Form]

Blank military form used to certify receipt of pay.
Date: 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Blank Company History Form] (open access)

[Blank Company History Form]

Blank military form which would have been filled by every commander for the Chief Ordnance with return of ordnance stores for the fourth quarter.
Date: 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from A. B. Dyer, November 9, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from A. B. Dyer, November 9, 1864]

List of horse equipment that is issued. Equipment consists of: saddle with stirrups, stirrup leathers, coat straps, saddle bags, saddle blanket, bridle, horse brush, watering bridle.
Date: November 9, 1864
Creator: Dyer, A. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from E. D. Townsend, August 18, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from E. D. Townsend, August 18, 1864]

Circular No. 64. In order to make transfers of enlisted men from one regiment to another, the following papers should be made out: Quadruplicate must and descriptive rolls of the men, with a copy of the order transferring them attached to each roll, one copy to be forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army, another copy to the Adjutant General of the Sate to which the men belong, another copy to be sent with the men to the respective regiments to which they are transferred. These rolls will contain the information indicated by the blanks for muster and descriptive rolls, including date, place and by whom mustered into the service. Each copy will be examined and verified and countersigned by the Commissary or Assistant Commissary of Musters for the command, and will be, when completed, evidence of muster-in and proper transfer.
Date: August 18, 1864
Creator: Townsend, E. D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from George D. Ramsay, August 6, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from George D. Ramsay, August 6, 1864]

This order is to help requisition for parts for the repair of the Springfield Rifle Muskets in use.in the requisitions details about the needed repair will save time and annoyance both to the officer and the Department.
Date: August 6, 1864
Creator: Ramsay, George D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from George D. Ramsay, August 6, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from George D. Ramsay, August 6, 1864]

This order is to help requisition for parts for the repair of the Springfield Rifle Muskets in use.in the requisitions details about the needed repair will save time and annoyance both to the officer and the Department.
Date: August 6, 1864
Creator: Ramsay, George D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from J. S. Platner, November 12, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from J. S. Platner, November 12, 1864]

Circular No. 1. Commandants will be held strictly responsible that ? is turned into Head Quarters by 9 o'clock on the 7th,17th, and 27 of each month. Monthly returns accompanied by descriptive list of all deserters for the north will be sent on the last day of each month as early as 9 o'clock am.
Date: November 12, 1864
Creator: Platner, J. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from  L. S. Hatues, November 26, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from L. S. Hatues, November 26, 1864]

Circular from L. S. Hatues telling commanders how to report their officers and soldiers behavior in their monthly reports.
Date: November 26, 1864
Creator: Hatues, L. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular from R. F. Taylor, December 14, 1864] (open access)

[Circular from R. F. Taylor, December 14, 1864]

Circular No. 5. Company Commanders will take away all citizen clothing, rebel clothing and other clothing not in accordance with the uniforms form enlisted men in their respective companies. The Commanders are responsible to send the clothes out of reach of their men.
Date: December 14, 1864
Creator: Taylor, R. F.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Circular no. 33, June 14, 1864] (open access)

[Circular no. 33, June 14, 1864]

Circular No. 33, which is hints to officers leaving the service.
Date: June 14, 1864
Creator: U.S. War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Claim for horse, May 15, 1864] (open access)

[Claim for horse, May 15, 1864]

Claim for a horse shot in battle, describing how the loss of the horse was not the fault of Cpt. Redway.
Date: 1864-05-15~
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Company Orders Book, June 15, 1864-June 1865] (open access)

[Company Orders Book, June 15, 1864-June 1865]

Company order book with special orders, many of them for promotions and demotions. They include demotions for robbing a paroled rebel soldier, incompetence, intoxication, and disorderly behavior. There is an order that all men must turn in all civilian and rebel clothing. The book also appears to have been used for schoolwork and drawing by children at some later date. It also includes some song lyrics or poetry. Many pages are cut out of the back of the book and some pages partially missing.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: U.S. War Department
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Duplicate: Invoice of stores turned over, June 23, 1864] (open access)

[Duplicate: Invoice of stores turned over, June 23, 1864]

Invoice of stores turned over by John S. Platner, Lt. Colonel Commanding 1st New York Veteran's Cavalry, to Hamilton K. Redway. This is the second of two near-identical copies; the documents have some words spelled differently.
Date: June 23, 1864
Creator: Platner, John S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Entries from J. C. Moore's Journal, August 1864] (open access)

[Entries from J. C. Moore's Journal, August 1864]

Entries from J.C. Moore's journal addressed to Charles B. Moore. In the first entry, he acknowledges papers and letters previously sent by Charles B. Moore. He also discusses the lives of several friends and family members in his hometown of Flat Woods, Tennessee, and comments on the occasional robberies and raids in the town. Moore describes the recent rainy weather and it's effects on the local agricultural endeavors. In an entry dated August 11, the Moore describes in detail an armed gang robbery that occurred in the town. In an entry dated August 18, he follows up with a description of the capture of two robbers.
Date: August 1864
Creator: Moore, J. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope, 1864] (open access)

[Envelope, 1864]

Envelope that is addressed to Captain H. K. Redway, Killeye Creek, West Virginia.
Date: 1864~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope, August 1864] (open access)

[Envelope, August 1864]

Envelope from Charles Ramsay of the Ordnance Department to the Commanding Officer of Company F, First New York Veteran Cavalry in 1864. A note on one end of the envelope says "Ordnance Returned."
Date: 1864~
Creator: Ramsay, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope for letter to Hamilton K. Redway, November 1864] (open access)

[Envelope for letter to Hamilton K. Redway, November 1864]

Envelope for letter to Hamilton K. Redway.
Date: November 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope for Lieut. Hamilton K. Redway, September 1864] (open access)

[Envelope for Lieut. Hamilton K. Redway, September 1864]

Envelope for Lieut Hamilton K. Redway
Date: September 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope for Lieutenant Hamilton K. Redway, October 1964] (open access)

[Envelope for Lieutenant Hamilton K. Redway, October 1964]

Envelope for Lt. Hamilton K. Redway.
Date: October 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope from Josephus Moore addressed to Charles Moore, July 9, 1864] (open access)

[Envelope from Josephus Moore addressed to Charles Moore, July 9, 1864]

Envelope from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, post marked July 9, 1864, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The stamp has been removed. It originally contained the letters CBM_2079-017-012 and CBM_2079-017-013.
Date: July 9, 1864
Creator: Moore, Josephus C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library