D303 Voucher USCT Officer 48 UCT Capt Harding Capt 48 USC Inft Voucher for Capt Harding Description of Servant Alfria Strowd complexion Black No. 3 THE UNITED STATES, To Capt - Jno. R Harding Co. A 48th S.C Inftry On What Account. Commencement and Expiration. Terms of Service Pay Per Month. Amount. Charged. Dollar. Cents. Dollars. Cents. From To Months. Days. 31st Augt 1864 31st Cot. 1864 Pay For myself 2 70 140 " For 1 private servant not soldier 2 11 22 " Clothing. For 1 private servant not soldier 2 2 50 5" Forage. For horses. Subsistence. No. of No. of Total No. of Post or place Price of days. Rations Rations. where due. Rations. per day. Cents. For myself 61 4 Vicksburg For 1 private servant not soldier 61 1 305 Miss. 30 91 50 258 50 7 93 250 57 Zax u $158 50 Remarks I hereby certify on honor that I am on detached service by authority of Special Order No. 8 dated Nov. 6th, 1864 Headquarters of 4 Divisin 16th A Corps. Jno R Harding Capt. Co. "A" H 8th U.S.Col. Inf. I hereby certify that I have seen and noted this payment of the above mentioned Order Jesse C [?] PayMr. U. S. A. I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the foregoing account is accurate and just; that I have not been absent with or without leave during any part of the time charged for; that I have not received pay, nor drawn rations, forage, or clothing in kind, or received money in lieu of any part thereof, for any part of the time therein charged; that I actually owned, and kept in service the horses, and employed the private servants for which I charge, for the whole of the time charged, and that I did not, during the term so charged, or any part thereof, keep or employ a soldier as a waiter or servant; that the annexed is an accurate description of my servant; that for the whole period charged for my staff appointment, I actually and legally held the appointment, and did duty in the department; that I was actual and only commanding officer at the double-ration post charged for; and that no officer, within my knowledge, has a right to claim, or does claim, the said services for any part of the period charged; that for the whole time brevet pay is claimed, I had the command stated; that I was actually in the command of a company for the whole time additional pay is charged; that I have not been in the performance of anyu staff duty for which I claim or have received extra compensation during the time an additional ration is charged for; that I have been in the United States Army as a commissioned officer for the number of years stated in the charge for extra rations; that I am not in arrears with the United States on any account whatsoever, and that the last payment I received was from Paymaster Maj. L. C. Deikey and to the 31st day of Augt 1864 I at the same time acknowledge that I have RECEIVED of Maj. J. C. Deikey Paymaster U.S. Army, this 21st day of Nov 1864 the sum of Two Hundred & fifty Dollars and fifty-Seven Cents, being the amount and in full of said account. (SIGNED IN DUPLICATE) Jno. R. Harding. Capt. - Co "A" 48th U.S. Cold. Inf. Description of Servants. Recapitulation. Names Complexion Height Eyes Hair Pay Feet. Inches. Subsistence Alfred Stroud Black 5 4 Hazel Black Forage Clothing Amount Voucher No. 877 Paid the 21st of Nov. 1864 Capt. Jno. R. Harding 48 U.S. C. Infty From the 31st of Augt. 1864 to the 31st of Oct. 1864 Pay.............. Subsistence.............. Forage..................... Clothing..................... $250.57 Dickey 1367 [B] Dickey [D] Bx 4219 RSR D303 WD1088 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.