Confederate service records are compiled data taken from original surviving records from the Civil War period. The data was copied onto index cards by archivists in the early 1900's. This was done, that surviving veterans or their widows that were applying for pension benfits; could have their time in the military proven through records. Soldier's did'nt receive an official service record of their
service with wounds,battles,enlistment/discharge dates after leaving the military. Pension commissioners would request data on a soldiers service and they were generally sent a letter or card with information that was found(even with how little was found or that no muster rolls were on file)

Private James Bice's compiled records contains only two items:
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Jacket envelope

The jacket envelope contains information about the soldier, including name, rank, unit, and the number of abstract cards, the number of personal papers, and the number of medical records in the jacket envelope.

Bice,James
Co. K, 19 Georgia Infantry
Private Private
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Jas. Bice
Pvt. Co. K 19 Regt. Ga.

appears on a Register of
C.S.A. General Hospital No.11
Charlotte,North Carolina

Complaint: Feb. Int.*
Admitted: Apr.28,1865
Sent to other hospital: Apr. 29,1865

Note* George Martin identified the complaint "Feb.Int." as Intermittent Fever/Malaria