2012.001

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1862 - 1862

Date(s) Created: 1862 Date(s): 1862

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Notes: Archives 2012.001.0202 [document 1] CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN TO VOLUNTEERS AT THE TIME OF THEIR DISCHARGE TO ENABLE THME TO RECEIVE THEIR PAY, &c. I certify, on honor, that Peter Ludwig a Private of Captain Hexamers Battery (A) of the 1st Regiment of New Jersey Arty. [Artillery] Volunteers, of the State of New Jersey, born in Hesse Cassel, State of Germany, aged 41 years; 5 feet 7 inches high: Florid complexion, Grey eyes, Brown hair, and by occupation a Carpenter, having joined the company on its original organization at Hoboken, N.J., and enrolled in it at the muster into the service of the United States at ______, on the 27 day of July, 1861, (or was mustered in service as a recruit, by ______ at ______, on the ______ day of ______, 1861, to serve in the Regiment) for the term of three years unless sooner discredited and having served honestly and faithfully with his Company in Virginia, to the present date, is now entitled to a discharge by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. The said Peter Ludwig was last paid by Paymaster Allison to include the 28th day of February, 1862, and has pay due him from that time to the present date, [lined out - and also payfor the use of his horse, (having mounted during the time.)] and he is entitled to pay and subsistence for traveling to place of enrolment and whatever allowances are authorized to volunteer soldiers, or militia, so discharged. He has received Forty Three 90/100 dollars advanced by the United States on account of clothing. There is to be stopped from him, on account of the State of [line], or other authorities, for clothing, &c., received on entering service [line] /100 dollars; also, for expenses of subsistence for traveling from place of enrolment to the place of rendezvous, amounting to ______ /100 dollars; and on account of the United States for extra clothing in kind from ______ and for other stoppages, viz: amounting to ______ /100 dollars; and he has been subsisted for traveling to his place of enrolment, up to the ______ 186. He is indebted to ______, Sutler, ______ /100 dollars. Given in duplicate, at Fairfax Seminary Hosp., this First day of May, 1862. Command of General Wadsworth Com'd'g: Dist: Henry A. Armstrong Surgeon in charge of Hospl.[hospital] Note.- Two of these certificates, (or duplicates,) are to be given to each volunteer soldier who may be discharged of his company, that he may at once receive from the Paymaster the pay, &c., due him, and the captain or other 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. [end document 1] ==== [document 2] (Form No. 5.) The United States To Pvt. P. Ludwig discharged Battery 1 Regiment of N.J Arty. [Artillery] For pay from 1 of March, 1862, to 1 of May, 1862 Dollars. Cents. Being 2 months 1 days, at 1 dollars per month……… 26 43 For retained pay due………………… --------------- For pay for traveling from Fairfax, the Place of my discharge, to Hoboken, N.J., the Place of my residence, 227 miles, at twenty miles per day, equal To 11 days, at 13 dollars per month….. 4 76 ---------------- For subsistence for traveling as above, 11 days, at 50 cents per Ration or day…… 5 50 For clothing not drawn….. 21 05 ________ Amount………….. 68 74 Deduct for Army Asylum……………. $---------- Deduct for clothing withdrawn ---------- 43 90 ----------------- Balance due…….. 24 84 ----------------- Received of Maj. D. McClure [?] , Paymaster U.S. Army, this 6 day of May, 1862, Twenty four dollars and Eighty four cents, in full of the above account. Pay………… _____ Subsistence … ______ Clothing……….. ______ Dollars ______ (signed in duplicate.) Peter Ludwig [end document 2] ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-12-06