1861 Confederate Ordnance Transportation Receipt – Ammunition Shipped by Lt. Col. Samuel G. French to Capt. Charles Swett's Warren Light Artillery, Vicksburg

An early-war Mississippi ordnance document recording a shipment of ammunition to one of the state's best-known artillery batteries. The receipt is written from Jackson, Mississippi, and reads:

"Received Jackson Miss. Aug. 14th 1861 from Lt. Col. Saml. G. French, Ch[ief] of O[rdnance], for transportation to Vicksburg:

No. of Boxes: Two

Marks: Capt. Chas. Swett, Warren L[ight] Artillery, Vicksburg, Miss.

Contents: Army Stores, Ammunition"

It is signed "[?] Baley, Agt." The reverse is docketed "Transportation Receipt / Capt. Chas. Swett / Vicksburg Miss. / Aug. 14th 1861."

Samuel Gibbs French was a West Point graduate and Mexican War veteran who had settled as a planter in Mississippi. In 1861 he served as chief of ordnance for Mississippi's state forces and went on to become a Confederate major general. Captain Charles Swett organized the Warren Light Artillery at Vicksburg in 1861. "Swett's Battery" became one of the better-known Mississippi batteries in the Army of Tennessee. This receipt documents the battery being supplied with ammunition in its first months of existence.

One page on blue lined paper, approximately 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". Usual folds with light toning along them, and minor edge wear. Very good condition.     [cm] [ph:L]

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