1862 July 28 Nelson County, Va.

At a Court held for Nelson county on
Monday 28th July 1862 the Court doth
appoint the following Citizens of said County
To wit. AG Pamplin & S.G Perrow of District No
1, Royal Eubank & Wm D Ligon of District No 2
Wm P. Shepherd & E.G. Thurmond of District No 3
J. W Dickinson & Rev. B.M. Wales of District  No 4
D.A Witt o & J. M Baker of District No  5
& Chas. N Patterson & J.H. Shelton of District No 6
a Committee whose duty it shall be to visit
from time to time the battlefields and Hospitals
of our Army in the Confederate states, to hunt
up and administer to the necessities of the
sick and wounded soldiers who have gone from
this County into the various Regiments of the
Confederate Army.  and have been and to fa
cilitate the objects of this order the Court
doth recommend the said Committee to pro
cure as speedily as possible, a list of the
names of all the volunteers from Nelson
County with the name of the company and
No of the Regiment to which they are severally
attached.  The Court doth further pledge
the faith of said County to reimburse the
said Committee for all necessary expenses
they may incur in carrying out the humane
objects of this order.

MSS 15244