James C. Davis Statement, 8 May 1865
List of Ordnance & Ord. Stores pertaining to Co G 13th Regt Cav. of Mo Vols and for which Captain Geo W Yates Co G 13th Cav of Mo Vols was responsible, unavoidably lost and destroyed during the Month of October 1864, in Missouri
 
Two Stores Carbines                          one Horse Brush
One Cavalry Sabre                              Eight Saddles
Nine Carbine Slings                            one Sincingle
Nine      “      Swivels                          Twenty three Saddle Blankets
Eight Cartridge Boxes                        Twelve Pairs Stirrups & Straps
Twelve Cap Pouches & Picks            Twelve Pairs Spurs & Straps
Six Sabre Belts & Plates                     Thirteen Brush wipes & thongs
Six Curb Bridles                                 Ten Halters & Straps
Eight Curry Combs                             (unservicable)
                        Seventeen Screw Drivers & Core Wrenches
                        Sixteen Girths
                        Eighteen Halters & Straps (servicable)
The undersigned members of Co G 13th Cav of Mo Vols being duly Sworn, on oath declare that the above mentioned articles were unavoidably lost or destroyed in the Month of October 1864 during the pursuit of the rebel General Price in Missouri, by reason of the abandonment of Horses, broken down, and the confusion and hardship of marching without rest or sleep for days in Succession during the pursuit of the rebel Army, and that the loss was of no fault of Capt Yates of this Company, who took every possible precaution to save said property; and that the greater part of the property was lost in the actions of Independence, Big Blue and Morais des Cygnes
                                                                        J C Davis Sergt Co G 13 Mo Cav vols
                                                                        Francis. A. Lyon Sgt CoG 13 Mo Cav
 
[overleaf]
Sworn to & Subscribed before me at Waynesville this Eight day of May 1865
                                                                        C C McMillan
                                                                                    County Clerk
 
Vo. No. 6. Ord. Ret. 42r.1864
Capt. G. W. Yates, Co G
13th Cav. Mo. Vols
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(4557)DOT0005.00113Other1865-05-08

Manuscript List of Ordnance Lost in Missouri in October 1864, Signed by Sergeant J. C. Davis, 13th Missouri Cavalry, and Sergeant Francis A. Lyon, 13th Missouri Cavalry, Waynesville, Missouri, May 8, 1865, Associated with Captain George W. Yates, 13th Missouri Cavalry


Tags: Animals, Cavalry, Destruction of Land/Property

People - Records: 3

  • (326) [associated with] ~ Yates, George W.
  • (365) [writer] ~ Davis, James C.
  • (366) [writer] ~ Lyon, Francis A.
SOURCES

James C. Davis Statement, 8 May 1865, DOT0005.001, Nau Collection