From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Phil Hammond, requesting rations to be issued to Company E of the 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Wiley, Company E, 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery, requesting rations to be issued for officers in his command at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Major L. J. Hissong, 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery, requesting rations to be issued for the second company of his command at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Phil Hammond, Company E, 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery, requesting rations to be issued for his command at Canton, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Phil Hammond, Company E, 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery, requesting rations to be issued for his command at Canton, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Ira E. Bedel, 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery, requesting rations to be issued for men of his command at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.