It is his final pay voucher when he was discharged in 1862. The format we have it in is frist the scan and then we have written out what it says in the scan, as portions of the scans are a tad unreadable.
S | 6 | Tenn
Wm A. Stewart
Pvt. Co. G 6 Tenn.
S | 6 | Tenn.
Wm. A. Stewart
Pvt, Co. G. 6 Reg't Tennessee Infantry.
S | 6 | Tenn.
W.A. Stewart
Pvt,{Capt Joseph B. Freeman's Company
6 Rg't Tennessee Volunteers, *
Appears on
Date of Discharge 22 July, 1862
Date of Payment 25 July, 1862
By whom Geo Dashiell
Remarks
Confed. Arch., Chap. 5, File No. 110, page 579
for May & June, 1862
Dated Nov. 19, 1862
Enlisted:
When 15 May, 186 .
Where Jackson, Tenn.
By Whom A.W. Campbell
Period
Last Paid:
By whom Dashiel
To what time 1 May, 186 .
Present or Absent
Remarks: Discharged as non-conscript.
The 6th Regiment Tennessee Infantry was organized for State service May, 1861, transferred to the service of the Confederate States August 12, 1861, and re-organized May 6, 1862. About December, 1862 it appears to have been consolidated with the 9th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, but each company of the two organizations was mustered separately and under its original designation during the period covered by this consolidation.
About April 9, 1865, the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Regiments Tennessee Infantry and the 24th Battalion Tennessee Sharp Shooters were consolidated and formed the 1st Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Infantry, which was paroled at Greensboro, N.C., May 1, 1865.
Book mark:
Camp Near
New Madrid, Mo, Aug. 12, 1861.
Muster-in to date May 15, 1861.
Joined for duty and enrolled:
When 15 May, 186 .
Where Camp Fair
By Whom A.W. Campbell
Period 1 year
Remarks:
* This company subsequently became Company G, 6th Regiment Tennessee Infantry.
The 6th Regiment Tennessee Infantry was organized for State service May, 1861, transferred to the service of the Confederate States August 12, 1861, and re-organized May 6, 1862. About December, 1862, it appears to have been consolidated with the 9th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, but each company of the two organizations was mustered separately and under its original designation during the period covered by this consolidation.
About April 9, 1865, the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Regiments Tennessee Infantry and the 24th Battalion Tennessee Sharp Shooters were consolidated and formed the 1st Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Infantry, which was paroled at Greensboro, N.C., May 1, 1865.
Book mark:
Private Wm. A. Stewart company G 6th Tenn regt born in Madison Co. Tenn aged 38 years light hair blue eyes 5 feet 11 inches high and by profession a farmer enlisted at Jackson Tenn by A.W. Campbell to serve 12 months is entitled to be discharged under the provisions of act of congress passed 16th April 1862.
E.B. McClanahan
Comd Co G 6th Tenn Reg't
Confederate States
To
Wm. A. Stewart
1862
Services as Private from 1st Jany
to the 22nd July 1682 @ 11.00 73.92
Commutation for Clothing 50.00
123.92
Amt of clothing drawn 20.00 103.92
I certify that the above amount is true + correct + that all credits are allowed.
E.B. McClanahan
Capt - Co G 6th Tenn
Recd of Capt Geo Dashiell Paymaster the payout in full of the above amount.
WA Stewart
E.B. McClanahan
Capt - Co G 6th Tenn
Paid July 25th 1862
Private
Wm A Stewart
From 1st Jany 1862
to 22nd July 1862
Amount $103.92