[Partly-printed document signed, voucher for his pay for a five-month period between December 1864 and April 1865, along with the pay for his African American private servant Nelson Wright]

1p., docketed on verso. Folio. A voucher to pay an officer of the 1st USCT Heavy Artillery, along with the pay for his African American servant. John B. DeShong entered the service, as a Sergeant, September 9, 1861. He was "promoted to 1st Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, June 16, 1864, from which he was mustered out as 1st Lieutenant March 21, 1866. The 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery was organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 20, 1864. Initially attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Corps, Dept. of Ohio, they served in operations against Wheeler in East Tennessee and later in Northern Alabama and East Tennessee. Mustered out March 31, 1866. Old folds, tape repairs, minor chips.