These five documents are all filled out in period ink and signed by five different Company commanders of the 46^th Pennsylvania. All are dated in October of 1862 and were probably made out by the Regimental Quartermaster Lieutenant George B. Cadwallader. Some of the items listed on each form are Infantry trousers, drawers, stockings, shoes, forage caps, wool blankets, over coats, dress coats, canteens, axe, spade, pick, tents, shelter halves, and for some reason one lists a Cavalry shell jacket and another 2 Cavalry overcoats.

All are very readable and in good condition. Each is signed at bottom by the Company Commander. The Companies and their commanders are:

Company I 1^st Lt. John Care-enlisted as a Sergeant in Company D on September 2, 1861, promoted to 1^st Lt. of Company I, March 14, 1862, promoted Captain August 17, 1863. Resigned June 10, 1864.

Company C 1^st Lt. William H. Stolzenbach-enlisted as a Private in Company C on August 17, 1861, promoted Sergeant September 4, 1861, 2^nd Lt. September 5, 1861, 1^st Lt. March 4, 1862 and Captain November 11, 1862. He was mustered out on July 16, 1865.

Field & Staff 1^st Lt. William B. Weber-commissioned 2^nd Lieutenant in Company A, August 14, 1861, promoted 1^st Lt. September 27, 1861, appointed Adjutant November 1, 1862 and Captain on February 11, 1863. He was resigned February 8, 1865.

Company D 1^st Lt. John W. Geiger-commissioned 1^st Lt. in Company D on September 2, 1861. Dismissed July 6, 1863 for being absent without leave.

Company E Capt. Sefra T. Ketrer-commissioned 2^nd Lt. of Company E on September 4, 1861, promoted Captain September 17, 1862. He was wounded at the battle of Peachtree Creek in front of Atlanta on July 20 1864 and died of wounds on the 21^st.

The 46^th Pennsylvania was at Kernstown, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and was with Sherman’s Army in the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea and in the Carolinas.

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