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Receipt for Horace L. Reed

Creator:: Coon, E.T.
Collection:: Civil War Documents Collection
Location:: Wilmington, North Carolina
Date of Original:: 1865
Description:: Handwritten receipt, 17 x 20 cm, headed 'Hospital, 3rd Div. 23rd A.C., Wilmington, N.C., Mar 6th 1865. 'Rec'd of H.L. Reed 1st Lt. 104th Regt. O.V.I. for (13) thirteen days bound in Div. Hospt at .50 per day. Six & fifty one hundredth dollars.' Signed in a different hand by 'E.T. Coon, Hospital Steward.' On the verso is a brief diary with the dates of Saturday, [March] 25 through Monday where he [probably Reed] gives details of the condition of his wounds and his transport north on the steamer SR Spaulding as far as Morehead City.
Subject:: Reed, Horace Lafayette, 1840-1915--Correspondence; United States--Army--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862-1865)

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908300874
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908300874
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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