Imagine the Orderly Sergeant calling the roll, Temple, Needam, no answer, again Needham Temple, no answer.

The Sergeant then calls out, anyone know where Needham is, a voice from the company rings out, he’s in the hospital Sergeant. The Sergeant so notes, adding, Not Paid. Needham is thus not paid and his money held over.

At the next muster, the same routine takes place. In the end a voice rings out, Sergeant, he died back in October, on the 20th I think. The Sergeant so notes his death, and Needham's name is subsequently removed from the muster sheet and the date he was last paid so noted.

I believe we’ve previously noted that there are no known registers of patients in Mississippi hospitals for that time period.