My 2nd great-grandfather Pvt. Richard Chaddick, Company C 7th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, spent a great portion of the war assigned to extra duty as a teamster and blacksmith, very often listed as being at the "Regimental Forge". Some locations given for these forges were Chattanooga and Dalton, Ga.

I would very much like to read any material relating to the daily duties of blacksmiths and teamsters, especially those in the Confederate army, even more so in the Army of Tennessee. Were these forges of sizeable operations or were they simply a regimental or brigade affair. If there are any wartime accounts or accounts by a veteran that would be fantastic.

One card from his service record states pay as ".25 cents". I know this would likely be pay added to his regular pay but at what intervals? .25 cents per week, per month etc.? On two cards it was noted that "Four Sundays did not work". I may be wrong but I have no reason to believe he was a religious man. Any guesses as to why they included that on the remarks? Also, at Murfreesboro he was wounded in the first charge of Chalmers brigade "300 yards in front of the lines". Why would he suddenly be assigned back to the infantry for that time period?

If it is any help his pre-war occupation on the 1860 Amite County, Miss. census was listed as "overseer".

Thanks for any help!