Civil War Era Blank Military Document Guard Report & List of Prisoners Form For Sale
$41.61
Item Description
Measures 10x14 when open
Item Overview
- Type: Unissued/Blank Military Form (Ephemera)
- Period: 19th Century / Civil War Era
- Format: Double-sided broadsheet form layout conforming to 1860s Army Regulations
Document Specifications
- Side A: Report of a Guard
- Header Fields: Blanks for location ("mounted at"), date, and relief date.
- Administrative Columns: Designated sections for recording the Parole, Countersign, Articles in Charge, and a structural Troop Detail breakdown.
- Roster Section: Divided into the standard three-tier shift rotation framework (First Relief, Second Relief, and Third Relief) to record names, company assignments, and specific post placements.
- Side B: List of Prisoners
- Function: A structured ledger intended to document personnel confined under military sentence.
- Technical Text: Includes the specific instructional note: "NOTE—Name first the Prisoners under sentence by G. C. M. [General Court Martial], commencing with those who have longest to be confined."
- Data Columns: Formatted sections for capturing names, company, regiment, date of confinement, confining authority, charges, sentence duration, and remarks.
Condition Note
- Status: Unfilled / Unsigned old-stock blank paper. Shows period folding creases and typical natural paper toning consistent with age. (Refer to provided high-resolution photographs for exact edge status and visual condition details).
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