Joseph Moreland
Joseph Orville Shelby

This document, possibly dated March 14, 1865, is a purchase order for one Sharps rifle at the price of five hundred dollars. The order, from Confederate Brigadier General Shelby to E.M. Scrogham, is signed by Major Joseph Moreland, whose signature verifies that "the Gun was purchased for the use of the Confederate states."

1865

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas

Joseph Moreland
Joseph Orville Shelby

Bushwhacker Museum

Civil War Documents, Box #1

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