From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 17th Ohio Light Artillery 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 First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 7th Ohio Light Artillery 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, 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 W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for one operator employed by the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. 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 requesting rations to be issued for enlisted men on duty at Post Headquarters as orderlies 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 requesting ten days rations to be issued to two men on detached duty at Post Headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 requesting four days rations to be issued to twenty-eight discharged men of various United States Army regiments at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 H. C. Huntsman, surgeon of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting five days rations to be issued for use in the regimental hospital. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 E. S. Moore, 53rd United States Colored Infantry, requesting ten days rations to be issued for the men of his command. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 E. S. Moore, 53rd United States Colored Infantry, requesting ten days rations to be issued for the soldiers and civilians of his command. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 E. L. Moore, 53rd United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment 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 Major Alfred Hodsden, 2nd Louisiana Infantry (United States), requesting five days rations to be issued for the men of his command at Brookhaven, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Adin Mann, Chief Engineer, requesting ten days rations to be issued for citizens employed in repairing the railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 A. E. Barnes, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 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 A. E. Barnes, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 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 A. E. Barnes, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting five days rations to be issued for a detachment of his command. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 A. E. Barnes, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting thirty-one days rations to be issued for a detachment of his command at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Lieutenant W. S. Myers, Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for a citizen employed in his office at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Lieutenant W. S. Myers, Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for a detachment in his office at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Lieutenant M. A. Sweet, 53rd United States Colored Infantry, requesting thirty-one days rations to be issued for an extra issue of salt for horses and mules at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, requesting five days rations to be issued for Private C. G. Austin of the 33rd Illinois Infantry, on duty with the Freedmen's Bureau at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, 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 Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, 52nd United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 50th United States Colored Infantry and 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery acting as guards sent from Grenada, Mississippi, in charge of prisoners 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 Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, requesting rations to be issued for C. R. St. Clair, a clerk in the Freedmen's Bureau at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the Post Commander, 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 Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, requesting rations to be issued for a citizen clerk in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 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 Lieutenant and Sub Commissioner of Freedmen James H. Smith, requesting ten days rations to be issued for a detachment of three men from the 58th Ohio Infantry and one from the 9th Indiana Cavalry on duty as clerks and orderlies at the Freedmen's Bureau at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.