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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08474.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards |
| Title | Receipt of payment for one private servant |
| Date | 27 February 1863 |
| Author | Hoyt, Albert H. (Albert Harrison) (1826-1915) |
| Additional authors | Longpre, Ernest (b. ca.1839) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Ernest Longpre, of French Creole descent, who served as First Lieutenant, Company H, Third Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Longpre confirms that he received payment (possibly for the service of a servant James Johnson) from Major M. Vedder, also an army paymaster. Describes Johnson's physical characteristics. "Vedder" is written in blue crayon above docket. This document is partially printed. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History African American Troops African American History Confederate States of America Freemen Soldier's Pay Servant |
| People | Hoyt, Albert Harrison (1826-1915) Longpre, Ernest (b. ca. 1839) Johnson, James (fl. 1863) Vedder, M. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Giddings was a mustering and disbursing officer in New Orleans credited with mustering in the first two African American regiments raised in Louisiana. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards |