Civil War Service and Pension Accounts (Roll 6753). (n.d.). Harrisburg. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A531438?overlay_query=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%3Afedora/psa%3Acwsapapa%22.

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pid: pa civil war records
label: Civil War Service and Pension Accounts (Roll 6753). (n.d.). Harrisburg. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A531438?overlay_query=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%3Afedora/psa%3Acwsapapa%22.
Timestamp: 10/25/2021 9:57:18
URL for full object: https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A531438?overlay_query=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%3Afedora/psa%3Acwsapapa%22
Citation for full object: Civil War Service and Pension Accounts (Roll 6753). (n.d.). Harrisburg. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A531438?overlay_query=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%3Afedora/psa%3Acwsapapa%22.
Filename in shared drive folder: PA civil war records
General description of the complete original artifact: The original artifact is a set of over 600 pages of Pennsylvania's payments to soldiers and suppliers during the Civil War. It also has the expense reports of the state's governor during that period. All data was stored in a series of large books and kept in the PA Auditor's department.
Estimated number of records in data set: 5000
Estimated number of fields if this were a database: 5
Estimated time to digitize all records in set (hours): 1000
Time period when data was created: 1861-65
Organization creating data: Pennsylvania State Auditor's Office
Individual who created data (if known or guessable).: Auditor + staff
Shortcomings of this taxonomy for data set (if any): The data set generally does not state the rank or any other identification of the soldiers they are identifying, or the trade of vendors if it is not explicitly in the name.
Notes about the image you chose: The page I chose lists transactions between telegraph companies/railroads and the Federal army, the time frame, and the amount. Later pages include the salary and supply reimbursements to individual soldiers, which shows an incredible level of detail. Seeing as how these records were kept by Pennsylvania's auditor, I imagine they were compiled from a mix of records coming from the frontlines: PA regiments or larger groupings sending back their receipts, other state officials tracking payments to distributors, and government dealings with the infrastructure providers. The bookkeeper uses " marks to indicate a value being the same as it was in the box above. Nothing is perfectly in chronological order, reinforcing the idea that these records were created through compilation of others.

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