Looking into Captain William F Dement, commander of the First Maryland Artillery on the campaign of September 1862, I came upon this scrap of paper – a receipt for ammunition issued to his battery at Leesburg, VA on 5 September 1862. He and his battery crossed the Potomac River into Maryland at White’s Ford that same day.
10 boxes = 80 rounds, 12 pdr. gun spher. [spherical] case.
Six (6) sponges; 300 friction primers
Food for his 4 Napoleons.
Dement joined the battery as First Lieutenant at it’s organization at Richmond, VA in July 1861, then a wealthy 35 year old planter from Charles County. Here he is at that rank:
He was promoted to Captain in July 1862, and led the battery to Appomattox in April 1865.
Notes
The receipt at the top is from Captain Dement’s Compiled Service Record jacket at the National Archives and online from fold3, a subscription service.
His photograph was contributed to his Findagrave memorial by Barbara Winston Spears.
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