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Major (Captain at time of document) Frank Zentmeyer Requisition Form
This document was filed by Captain Frank Zentmeyer of the 34th Pa. Inf. to the US quartermaster department in 1861 as a request for one set of snare strings for a drum, a set of drumsticks, one bugle & cord, 40 knit shirts, and 50 pairs of socks.
Shape note sheet music circa 1864, "Let Us Walk In the Light"
This secular music written in shape notation is dated 1864. It was inscribed on blue-lined paper.
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