List of Ordinance

Web Author's Notes:

This document, written on simple, ruled paper, was a possession of Major Milton Mills and is a list of military ordnance Mills claims as having been lost at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 29th, 1862. Although then Captain Mills was captured at that battle, imprisoned for several months and did not return to his regiment until the following June, the government, apparently, aggressively pursued Mills to account for what was considered missing government property.

The actual date this document was prepared is unknown, but, since Milton Mills signs as formerly Capt, would have to be some time after he returned to the regiment in June, 1863, after being captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December 29, 1862, and promoted to Major while a prisoner of war.

List of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Lost in Battle at Chickasaw Bluffs Miss the 27th 28th and 29th Days of December 1862.

Lost	Quantity	Articles	Condition
9	nine	French Rifles Cal 69	Good
9	nine	Bayonett Scabbard for Service Bayonetts
9	nine	Cap pouches & cone picks
9	nine	Cartridge Boxes Cal 69
9	nine	Cartridge Box plates
9	nine	Cartridge Box Belts
9	nine	Cartridge Box Belt plates
9	nine	Gun Slings
9	nine	Waist Belts
9	nine	Waist Belt plates

I certify that the above is a correct list of Ordnance and Ordnance Store lost in Battle at Chickasaw Bluffs Miss on the 27th 28th and 29th Days of December 1862 and that the men bearing those arms were ether Killed or Wounded

Milton Mills

Formerly Capt Co D 16th Regt O.V.I.

Capt. Milton Mills