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Special Requisition No. 40 form denoting various apparel requisitioned at Camp Ashby on June 25th, 1862. Items include: 5 under shirts, 30 linsey shirts, 10 pair of pants, 13 pair of drawers, 25 pair of socks, 6 cotton shirts. Signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Ashby's signature appears on this pre-signed form despite his death some weeks earlier, on June 6.
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No. 40 Special Requisition (5) Five under shirts @ 2.50 (30) Thirty Linsey shirts @1.50 (10) Ten pair pants @ 5.50 (13) Thirteen pair drawers @ .75 (25) Twenty five pairs socks @ .50 (4) Four cotton shirts @ .75 (2) Two “ “ @ .75 I certify that the above Requisition is correct, and that the articles specified are absolutely requisite for the public service, rendered so by the following circumstances: Capt. McMillen will issue the articles specified in the above Requisition. John L. Knott Capt Turner Ashby Commanding. Recieved at Camp Ashby the 25th of June 1862 of Capt McMillen Assistant Quartermaster, the articles specified in full of the above Requisition. John L. Knots Col. Comd.
Creation Date
6-25-1862
City
Harrisonburg
County
Rockingham County
State/Province
Virginia
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1828-1862
Keywords
Special Requisition No. 40, Camp Ashby, William Miller, John L. Knott, Turner Ashby, 25 June 1862, 1862, apparel, shirts, pants, linsey shirts, drawers socks, Confederate States Army, supplies
Resource Identifier
080506-09
Date Digital
April 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Military History | Social History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Ashby, Turner; Miller, William; and Knott, John L., "1862 Confederate requisition for apparel, signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Harrisonburg, Virginia." (1862). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 226.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/226
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