This is a voucher documenting the transfer of responsibility for military ordnance from Maj. Milton Mills to the regiment's commander, Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, on January 28, 1864. Mills resigned from the regiment about 12 days later, on February 12, 1864, due to ill health. Mills and the regiment were stationed at Indianola, Texas, at this time, participating in the Union occupation of the Texas coast.

This document was among the papers of Maj. Milton Mills and was handed down through his family.