ORDNANCE RECEIPT
for the
GRANBURY'S BRIGADE

DALTON, GEORGIA

April 23, 1864

researched & transcribed by:
SCOTT McKAY

 


	             Received Dalton Ga. April 23rd, 1864, of Capt. Smith, 
	          Ordnance Officer, Cleburne's Div. the following Ordnance & 
                  Ordnance Stores;

		     1000  Caps            	    2  _____ ______
		        1  Cap Jag                 21  Packing Boxes
		       13  Knapsacks          	   32  Cartridge Boxes
		       13  Haversacks         	   32     "       "    Belts
		       38  Austrians         	   32  Cap Pouches
		      708  Bayonets Cal. 54	   32  Waist Belts
		      683   "   "  Scabbards 	   32  Waist Belt Plates
		       32  Guns Cal 54
	             7000  Cartridges                                         
		        7  Ammunition Boxes          G. B. Jewell Lt         
                                                  Ordn Off Granbury Brig
		        
                                    [Compiled Service Records of Confederate Staff Officers]


 

Notes

The large amount of ammunition on this invoice most likely indicates that Granbury's Brigade was gearing up in preparation for the anticpated campaign at hand; although 11 percussion caps were included inside each bundle of 10 cartridges, it is interesting that an extra 1,000 caps were received. Although listed in earlier invoices, notice that the ammunition boxes that carried the cartridges were listed seperately.

Note that "Cartridge Box Belts were listed, instead of Cartridge Box Sling. It is also peculiar that there are "Austrians" listed, then on the same line, "Guns Cal 54." That could either be an oversight, or that the latter weapons were Mississippi Rifles.

This is the last known ordnance issue to Granbury's Brigade, prior to the commencement of the Atlanta Campaign, just two weeks later.

 

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