GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 93.
Washington, October 31, 1861.
I. The bounty of $100 granted to the widow or heirs of a deceased volunteer by the sixth section of the act "to authorize the employment of volunteers," approved July 22, 1861, which the Second Auditor has been directed to place to the credit of the said decedent on the final settlement of his account, will be charged to the $55,000,000 for the pay of two and three years' volunteers, appropriated by the act "making additional appropriations for the support of the army," approved July 17, 1861.
II. Such commanding officers of volunteer regiments, raised in conformity with the direct acceptances from the War Department, as have not already done so, will at once prepare and transmit to the Governors of their respective States complete muster-rolls of their several commands as at present organized.
By order:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
Official Records, Series 3, Vol. 1, Part 1, Page 611
Muster rolls were a very important record of service and a means of understanding available force. They also documented service to compensate veterans and their widows, and the rolls provide a treasure of information for modern genealogists.
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