Description
This collection consists of a ledger, kept in manuscript, which records disbursements for
food (fresh beef, oats, milk, chicken, etc.), stationery, labor, medicines, hardware, and
"sundries" for The United States Soldiers' Homes (referred to on the spine of this ledger as
"U.S. Military Asylums"), at New Orleans Barracks in Louisiana, in East Pascagoula,
Mississippi, and in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, from May, 1851, through September, 1858. The
ledger was kept by Assistant Surgeon Charles McCormick at New Orleans; Brevet Major Earl Van
Dorn (1820-1863), the great-nephew of Andrew Jackson, at Pascagoula ; and Brevet Captain
L.B. Wood, 8th Infantry, at Harrodsburg.
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.