From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant Franklin Force, acting Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for one man and nine women, all impoverished African Americans, at Brandon, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Cooper of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, 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 Samuel A. Cooper, Company B, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting sixteen days rations to be issued for his command at Brandon, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.