1862 February 15 Fort Donelson

Head Quarters, Camp in Field
Near Fort Donaldson, Febry 15th, 1862

Capt. W.W. Leeland
Commissary of Subsistence
For Fort Donaldson,

Sir,
You will furnish
to Brig Gen. U.S. Grant for the use of
himself and Staff, Six Hams, one hundred
& fifty pouunds hard Bread, fifty pounds
Sugar, thirty pounds Coffee, and ten pounds
of candles, and charge the same to him
By order of
Brig Genl Grant
Jno A. Rawlins
A A Genl

John A. Rawlins, 1831-1869, a friend and confidant of Ulysses Grant rose through the ranks with him , eventually becoming a Brigadier General and Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters of the U. S. Army. He later served briefly as Grant's Secretary of War until his death from tuberculosis early in Grant's administration.

MSS 10645