Final Statement D389 Charles Lumsey enlisted 19 Sept 1867 Cook 74th USCT, Discharge Surgeons Certificate of Disability At C'Dafrique [hospital] Shows lAst pAid One Year Ago - MI 19 Sept 62 Mo [31 Dic 63] 12 Aug 64 - He had joined in - Louisiana Nature Guard which was redesignated to 74th usot - [D389 Charles Lumsag 74th USot [*45 1.10 25.78 71.98 105.86*] I certify, on honor, that Charles Lumsey a Private of Captain Abram I Nichols Company K of the 74 Regiment of U S Col Infantry VOLUNTEERS, of the State of Louisiana , born in Nashville, State of Tennessee, aged 23 years; 5 feet 8 inches high, [Griff?] complexion. Brown eyes, Black hair, and by occupation a Labourer, having joined the company on its original organization at _________, and enrolled in it at the muster into the service of the United States at New Orleans La. on the 19th day of September, 1862, (or was mustered in service as a recruit by_______ _______, at _______, on the _______ day of _______ 186__, or was drafted and mustered into the service of the United States from the _______ Enrollment District of the State of ______, at _______, on the _______ day of _______, 186__.) to serve in the Regiment, for the term of three Years: and having served HONESTLY and FAITHFULLY with his Company in [?] of Gulf to the present date, is now entitled to a DISCHARGE by reason of Surgeons Certificate of Disability. The said Private Charles Lumsey was last paid by Paymaster Maj. Morse to include the 31st day of December, 1863, and has pay due him from that time to the present date; he is entitled to pay and subsistence for TRAVELING to place of enrollment, and whatever other allowances are authorized to volunteer soldiers, drafted men, or militia, so discharged. He has received from the United States CLOTHING amounting to ninety eight 75/100 dollars, since the _______ day of Enrolment 186__, when his clothing account was last settled. He has received from the United States no dollars advanced BOUNTY. There is to be stopped from him, on account of the State of _______, or other authorities, for CLOTHING, &c., received on entering service,_____ --/100 dollars; and for other stoppages, viz: __________ __/100 dollars. He has been furnished with TRANSPORTATION in kind from the place of his discharge to __________; and he has been SUBSISTED for TRAVELING to his place of enrollment, up to the __________, 186__. He is indebted to __________, SUTLER, __________ __/100 dollars. He is indebted to __________, LAUNDRESS, ______ __/100 dollars. Given in Duplicate, at New Orleans La, this 12th day of August, 1864, F. E. Piquette Surgeon in Charge [commanding Company.] C. D Af Hosp {A. G. O. No. 95--first.} No. 17. FINAL STATEMENT OF [Pte?] Charles Lumsuy? 74 Reg't of U.S.C.G VOLUNTEERS. [*Bd Robie 4159*] NOTE 1 - Two of these certificates (or duplicates) are to be given to each Volunteer Soldier or drafted man who may be discharged previously to the discharge of his company, that he may at once receive from the Paymaster the pay, &c., due him, and the cap*ain or other COMMISSIONED officer commanding the company will certify to the act of the delivery of the duplicate certificates; on these certificates the Soldier is "entitled to" his discharge, and should also present his discharge to the Paymaster to have the payment endorsed on it. The discharge is to be given back to the Soldier by the Paymaster; the latter only retaining as his voucher the duplicate certificates. NOTE 2 - If the Soldier is entitled to pay for the use of his horse, the Company Commander will certify to that fact on the back of both these final statements, and also to the time he has pay due for having been so mounted on his own horse. NOTE 3 - When a Soldier is furnished with final statements, his descriptive list, if he has one, should be taken up by the officer who gives the Soldier these statements, and endorsed with a statement to this effect by the officer. This endorsement should exhibit a full statement of the time for which the Soldier was allowed pay on his final statements, the clothing account, and all other charges against or in his favor, so as to comprise a complete exhibit of his account. It will then be transmitted to the company commander of the Soldier, who will enter all the data necessary to a full understanding of the Soldier's account on the muster roll upon which the Soldier's discharge is reported. The descriptive list will then be destroyed. Then object of this is, that the remaining portion of the Soldier's account may be settled upon the receipt of these muster rolls, and the Soldier receive any pay or allowances that may be due him at the time of his discharge, and which may not appear on his final statements from the fact that his descriptive list is incomplete. These accounts for back pay, &c., are settled by the 2d Auditor of the Treasury Department. NOTE 4 - Charges for loss or injury to ordnance, horse equipments, and other miscellaneous charges, should appear under the heading of "Other Stoppages." NOTE 5 - Bounty paid by State authorities, and not by the United States, will not be entered on this statement. NOTE 6 - Amounts due the Sutler and Laundress must be entered on the muster roll on which the discharge, death, desertion, &c., is reported, as well as on the final statement, otherwise the amount cannot be collected from the United States. NOTE 7 - This blank will be used for deceased volunteers and drafted men, as well as for others. NOTE 8 - Where a Soldier dies in Hospital or on detached service, his descriptive list, if he has one, should be sent with his final statements, in duplicate, to the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C. part of voucher 82 Robie 4809 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.