PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05803::A Guide to Mexican War volunteers correspondence, vouchers, pay and muster rolls, 1846-1860)//EN" "vi05803.xml" A Guide to Mexican War volunteers correspondence,vouchers, pay and muster rolls1846-1860 Mexican War Volunteers, Correspondence and rolls 1846-1860 APA 197 Alan B. Arellano Library of Virginia © 2021 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Alan B. Arellano, 22 Nov. 2021 Description is in English A Guide to the Mexican War Volunteers Correspondence, vouchers, Pay and Muster Rolls, 1846-1860 A Collection in the Library of Virginia APA 197

Library of Virginia 2021 Alan B. Arellano Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia A Guide to Correspondence, vouchers, pay and muster rolls - Mexican War Volunteers, 1846-1860 APA 197 .25 cu. ft. (1 box) English Auditor of Public Accounts Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Mexican War Volunteers, 1846-1860. Accession APA 197, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Biographical Information

The General Assembly passed an act on 4 April 1848 appropriating funds to pay the officers and soldiers of the Virginia Regiment of Volunteers to Mexico. On 14 March 1850, a resolution was adopted by the legislature appointing Richard M. Heath the state's agent to recover from the federal government all the money paid by the state before the regiment was mustered into United States service. The payrolls contain names of soldiers, dates of service, and rates of pay. The vouchers include the names of persons to whom money was owed, the amounts, and the dates the vouchers were submitted.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence to and from Richard M. Heath, state appointee for Mexican War Virginia volunteers. Correspondents include Virginia Governors John Buchanan Floyd, and Joseph Johnson, primarily in the 1850s. Warrants, accounts, and vouchers from 1846-1853 concern the first regiment of Virginia Volunteers. Stationed primarily in Buena Vista, Coahuila, Mexico, captains included James F. Preston, Smith P. Bankhead, and Edward Carrington (see Accession 21057 for more). The pay and muster Rolls are in an oversized folder and begin in 1847.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II: Warrants, Accounts, and Vouchers, 1846-1853; Pay and Muster Rolls, 1847-1848

Contents List Series I. Correspondence, 1850-1853 Correspondence,Gallaher-Heath, 1850. 1 1 Correspondence, Heath-Governor Floyd, 1850-1851. 1 2 Correspondence, Heath-Governor Johnson 1852-1853. 1 3 Series II. Correspondence Warrants, Accounts, and Vouchers, 1846-1853 Warrants and Accounts 1846-1850. 1 4 Warrants 1853. 1 5 Series III. Pay and Muster Rolls, 1847-1848 Pay and Muster Rolls 1847-1848. 1 6