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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/589906 collection] consists of approximately 650,000 vouchers and other documents pertaining to goods and services rendered to the Confederate Government by individuals and businesses. The collection is arranged alphabetically in over 350,000 jackets. The collection is located in RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M346. The index is courtesy of Fold3 (formerly Footnote). | |||
Most of these documents were created or received by the Confederate War and Treasury Departments. After the Civil War they were in the custody of the US War Department. These were later assembled by the Confederate Archives Division of the Adjutant General’s Office and used to establish the disloyalty of claimants seeking restitution after the war. | Most of these documents were created or received by the Confederate War and Treasury Departments. After the Civil War they were in the custody of the US War Department. These were later assembled by the Confederate Archives Division of the Adjutant General’s Office and used to establish the disloyalty of claimants seeking restitution after the war. | ||
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*'''1861-1865''' {{FSC|578030|item|disp=Letters received by the Confederate Quartermaster General, 1861-1865, M469}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images | *'''1861-1865''' {{FSC|578030|item|disp=Letters received by the Confederate Quartermaster General, 1861-1865, M469}} at FamilySearch Catalog - images | ||
*Bethel, Elizabeth, comp ''Preliminary inventory of the War Department collection of Confederate records (record group 109).'' Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1957. {{FSC|604451|item|disp=FS Library book973 M33npi no. 101 copy 3}} | *Bethel, Elizabeth, comp ''Preliminary inventory of the War Department collection of Confederate records (record group 109).'' Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1957. {{FSC|604451|item|disp=FS Library book973 M33npi no. 101 copy 3}} | ||
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