Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Second Auditor's Office Payment record book, 1861-1866. 448 p.
Call No.
Mss. BG U58b
Content
This oversized ledger records all payments to field and company officers of Union cavalry, artillery, and infantry regiments from Kentucky during the Civil War. One entry (p. 135) records payment to an officer of the 2d Ky. Heavy Artillery which disbanded prior to service. Records are arranged by unit and officer's name; columns record payment received by month and year. The date of each unit's formation and iterm of service is also recorded. Other entries record the payment of the officers of those Kentucky militia regiments temporarily placed on Federal duty.