Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Sixth Kentucky Infantry, CSA Guard Report, 1862-1863. 1 vol.
Call No.
Mss. BG S625a
Content
Includes date, place, time of duty; name, co., and rank; parole and countersign; articles in charge; and remarks. Regt. sergeants and corporals always noted, but the orderly for the commanding officer and the Best Shot only sometimes. The Prisoner reports contain name, co., and rank when confined and by whom; charges; sentence; and remarks. The Officer of the Day and the Guard Commander always sign off. Loose leaf sheets with 1st shift relief are filed with entries from 129 Mar. and 20 Apr. 1863. Edwin Porter Thompson is listed as Officer of the Day for 28 Aug., 1 Sept., 6 and 23 Oct., and 20 Nov. 1862.