Letters

This collection contains four letters from Gravelly Springs, Alabama pertaining to ordinance returns and bills for Captain Clarence Mauck of the 4th U.S. Cavalry.

Two of the letters are dated January 24 and 26, 1865 and are addressed to Captain Clarence Mauck of Co. "K" 4th U.S. Cavalry, signed by Benjamin Cleyburn, 1st Sergeant, Co. "K". The first of these two letters states that the Return of Ordinance and Ordinance Stores form for Co. "K" (for which Mauck was accountable), had not been received by the Ordinance Office of the War Department in Washington, DC. It also states that a copy of the form is in Mauck's valise that was forwarded to Laurel, Delaware (Mauck's father was a physician in Laurel, Deleaware around this time). The second letters states that the forms for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 1863 and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters of 1864 had been received by the Ordinance Office in Washington.

The third letter is also dated on January 26, 1865 and signed by Benjamin Cleyburn. While it is only addressed to "Sir" it is presumably to Captain Mauck as it also talks about orders requiring "all property inspected on the 29th Nov, and inspection not yet received, to be dropped for want of transportation on the 15th of Dec 1864."

The fourth letter is dated February 26, 1865 and is signed by G.M. Landon. It is addressed to Lieutenant William Bayard and discusses a bill of Captain Mauck's. Landon also invites Bayard to "drop in and take a drink, if you come soon. For I am sorry to say that our "Extract" is running short, and then is not much prospect of filling up again."