[Form 2.]

Abstract of provisions issued from the 1st of July, 1862, to the 31st of July, 1862, to prisoners of war stationed [confined] at Lynchurg, Va., by Captain J. V. L. Rodgers, acting assistant quartermaster and assistant commissary of subsistence.

(NOTE. - The fractional parts of a pound must be stated in reducing to bulk.)

Date. Number Number Number Number Commenc Ending

of of men of of days ing

return women drawn

for.

July 1 1 2,260 2 3 July 1 July 3

July 4 2 2,335 2 3 July 4 July 6

July 7 3 2,335 2 3 July 7 July 9

July 10 4 2,346 2 3 July 10 July 12

July 13 5 2,354 2 3 July 13 July 15

July 16 6 2,354 2 3 July 16 July 18

July 19 7 2,408 2 3 July 19 July 21

July 22 8 2,461 2 3 July 22 July 24

July 25 9 2,502 2 3 July 25 July 27

July 28 10 2,502 2 4 July 28 July 31

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

number of . . . . . .

rations.

R a t I o n s.

Date. Fresh Bacon Flour. Beans

beef

July 1 2,262 4,524 6,786 ---

July 4 4,674 2,337 7,011 ----

July 7 2,337 4,674 7,011 ---

July 10 2,348 4,696 7,044 7,044

July 13 4,712 2,356 7,068 2,356

July 16 2,356 4,712 7,068 7,068

July 19 4,820 2,410 7,230 7,230

July 22 2,463 4,926 7,389 ----

July 25 2,504 5,008 7,512 7,512

July 28 5,008 5,008 10,016 2,504

Total 33,484 40,651 74,135 33,714

number

of

rations.

R a t I o n s.

Date. Rice Coffee Sugar

July 1 6,786 400 6,786

July 4 7,011 --- 7,011

July 7 7,011 --- 7,011

July 10 ---- --- 7,044

July 13 4,712 ---- ---

July 16

-----

--- 7,068

July 19 ---- --- 7,230

July 22 7,389 ---- 7,389

July 25 ---- --- 250

July 28 7,512 --- 10,016

Total number 40,421 400 59,805

of rations.

R a t I o n s.

Date. Vinegar Candles Soap Salt.

July 1 2,000 ---- 5,000 6,786

July 4 --- --- 500 7,011

July 7 2,000 --- --- 7,011

July 10 ---- 1,000 --- 7,044

July 13 2,000 --- --- 7,068

July 16 --- --- --- 7,068

July 19 2,000 1,000 ---- 7,230

July 22 ---- ---- --- 7,389

July 25 ---- ---- --- 7,512

July 28 2,000 1,000 --- 10,016

Total number 10,000 3,000 5,500 74,135

of rations.

Q u a n t It y I n b u l k.

Bbls. lbs. oz Bush. qts. Galls

Fresh beef 33,484 0 ---- ---

Bacon 24,325 8 ---- ----

Flour 425 101 14 ---- ----

Beans

--------

84 9 ----

Rice 4,042 1 ---- ----

Coffee 24 0

-----

----

Sugar 7,176 9

-----

----

Vinegar

---------

---- 100

Candles 45 0

-----

----

Soap 220 0 ---- ---

Salt.

---------

46 10 ----

I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession and find that they amount to 33,484 rations of fresh beef, 40,651 rations of bacon, 74,135 rations of flour, 33,714 rations of beans, 40,421 rations of rice, 400 rations of coffee, 59,805 rations of sugar, 10,000 rations of vinegar, 3,000 rations of candles 5,500 rations of soap, 74,135 of salt.

GEO. C. GIBBS.

Colonel Forty-second North Carolina Regiment, Commanding.