Claims submitted for expenditures incurred in the organization, equipment, and subsistence of troops mustered into federal…

Numerical by claim number.

This series consists of miscellaneous claims, correspondence, vouchers, and receipts received and audited by the Auditing Board. A law of 1862 appointed the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General and Quartermaster General to constitute an auditing board to examine claims "incurred in the organization, pay, equipment, quartering, subsistence and other proper expenses of troops raised... for the service of the United States...and which...have not hitherto been allowed and paid."

The phrase "miscellaneous claims" is used because it appears these records are only a part of what was once a much larger group of records. There are large gaps in the numbering system which runs from no. 13 to 1722. The location of the missing claims is unknown.

The claims deal with goods or services provided to the state while it was organizing and equipping volunteer units to be mustered into federal service. These include the providing of uniforms; rations; eating utensils; miscellaneous supplies such as tools, lamps, mess pans, stationery, and pails; blankets and tents; shoes, socks and other clothing accessories; and similar military equippage and accoutrements.

Series A4141, Record of Claims, contains additional records of the Auditing Board.

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