To the Commissioners of Claims, Under Act of 3^rd March, 1871, Washington, D.C.:

The petition of Isham Feltman, respectfully represents: That your petitioner is a resident of the county of Winston in the State of Alabama; that his post office address is Larissa, in said county and State; and that at the time his claim and each item thereof as above set forth accrued he was a resident of the County of Fayette, and State of Alabama; that he is the original owner of said claim; that he has never sold, assigned or transferred the same or any part thereof to any person; that no mortgage, bill of sale or other lien of like nature has at any time rested upon it, or any part thereof, nor has it been attached or taken in execution; that the same has not been paid by the United States or any of their officers or agents, nor have the United States any legal offset against the same or any part thereof; that he is the sole owner of the said claim, no other person being interested therein; that said claim does not contain any charge for property which was destroyed or stolen by the troops or other persons; that the rates or prices charged are reasonable and just, and do not exceed the market rate or price of like stores or property at the time and place stated; all of which your petitioner states of his own knowledge.

Your petitioner further states that he is now and was at the time the several items of his said claim accrued, as stated therein, a citizen of the United States; that he remained a loyal adherent to the cause and Government of the United States, during the war of 1861 &c; and was so loyal before and at the time of the taking or furnishing of the property for which this claim is made.

And your petitioner further represents, and of his own knowledge states, that on the 1^st day of October, A.D. 1864, at Rome, Georgia, in the State of Georgia the following property or stores were furnished by your petitioner for the use of the army of the United States, and for which payment is claimed, viz:

1 mule ($125); 1 mare ($100).

Which said property or stores being of the kind, quantity, quality and value above stated was furnished to QM McWarkana belonging to the 1^st Alabama Cavalry Volunteers, Department of the United states Army, in the service of the United states, whose rank was Lieutenant of the 1^st Regiment of Alabama Cavalry Volunteers acting as quartermaster, who, as your petitioner has been informed and believes was stationed at Rome, Georgia under the command of Col. Godfrey, who at that time had command of the United States forces in the District in which said property was furnished.

And your petitioner further represents that he has been informed and believes that the said stores or property was furnished by your petitioner as above stated and removed to camp at Rome, Georgia for the use of Company L of the 1^st Regiment of Alabama Cavalry Volunteers; that at the [taking] of said property, or stores, no vouchers, receipt or other writing was given therefor by the person taking the same as aforesaid or received at any time by your petitioner.

Your petitioner further states that the claim, within and above mentioned has never been presented to Congress of any officer or agent of the U.S. Government or to any department thereof and that no action or decision has been had in regard to the same.

Your petitioner hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas C. Fullerton, Attorney-at-Law, of Washington, D.C. true and lawful attorney, with full power of substation and association, to prosecute this claim, and to receive a draft payable to the order of your petitioner for such amount as may be allowed, and to do all acts necessary and property in the premises.

Your petitioner therefore prays that said claim may be examined and considered under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved 3^rd March, 1871, dated this 4^th day of February 1873 [signed] I.B. Feltman; Witnesses: [signed] John Randolph and David Hall

State of Alabama, County of Walker: I.B. Feltman, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is the petitioner named in the foregoing petition, and who signed the same; that the matters therein stated are true, of the deponent’s own knowledge except as to those matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes them to be true; and deponent further says that he did not voluntarily serve in the Confederate army or navy, either as an officer, soldier, or sailor, or in any other capacity, at any time during the late rebellion; that he never voluntarily furnished any stores, supplies, or other material aid to said Confederate army or navy, or to the Confederate government, or to any officer, department or adherent of the same in support thereof, and that he never voluntarily accepted or exercised the functions of any office whatsoever under, or yielded voluntary support to, the said Confederate government. [signed] I.B. Feltman.

Sworn to, and subscribed before me this 4^th day of February 1873 and I certify that the affiant is to me personally known, and that I read over to him this affidavit before made oath therein. [signed] John Brown, Judge of Probate.

I rely upon the following witnesses, and others, to prove my loyalty:

Discharge from U.S. Army

And also expect to prove the other facts alleged in the foregoing petition by:

B. Feltman, residing in Fayette County, Alabama

John F. Files, residing in Fayette County, Alabama

My Post Office address is Larissa, Winston County, Alabama

My Counsel is Thomas C. Fullerton, Esq., whose Post Office address is No. 34 D Street NW, Washington, D.C. [signed] I.B. Feltman

Before the Commissioners of Claims, Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1871: In the matter of the Claim of Isham B. Feltman of Larissa in the County of Winston and State of Alabama.

Comes now the Claimant before John C. Moore, Esq., Special Commissioner for the State of Alabama, and represents that he has heretofore filed with the above-named Commissioner a Petition for the allowance of a claim for property furnished for the use of the army of the United States, which claim, as stated below, does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.

That the said claim, stated by items, and excluding therefrom all such items as refer to the damage, destruction and loss, and not the use, of property; to unauthorized or unnecessary depredations of troops and other persons upon the property, or to rent or compensation for the occupation of buildings, grounds, or other real estate, is as follows:

1 mule ($125)

That, as stated in the Petition referred to, the property in question was furnished by Isham B. Feltman, of Winston County, in the State of Alabama, for the use of a portion of the army of the United States of Alabama, known as 1^st Regiment Alabama Cavalry Volunteers and commanded by Col. George E. Spencer, and that the persons who took or received the property, or who authorized or directed it to be taken or furnished, were the following: Ira Pratt, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1^st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry Volunteers.

That the property was turned over to Quartermaster Sergeant Pratt, and used for or by the troops of the 1^st Regiment Alabama Cavalry Volunteers; all this on or about the 1^st day of October, in the year 1864, as appears by the petition present to the Commissioners.

That, by the following named persons, the claimant expects to prove that, from the beginning hostilities against the United States to the end thereof, his sympathies were constantly with the cause of the United States; that he never, of his own free will and accord, did anything, or offered, or sought, or attempted to do anything, by word or deed, to injure said cause or retard its success, and that he was at all times ready and willing, when called upon, or if called upon, to aid and assist the cause of the Union, or its supports, so far as his means and power and the circumstances of the case permitted:

Discharge, claimant hereto attached.

That, by the following named persons, the Claimant expects to prove the taking or furnishing of the property for the use of the army of the United States:

Benjamin F. Feltman, of Fayette County, Alabama

The Claimant now prays that the testimony of the witnesses just designated be taken and recorded, at such place and at such time as the Special Commissioner may designate at the proper cost of the said Claimant; and that due notice of the time and place of the taking thereof be given to the Claimant, through his counsel. Isham B. Feltman, Claimant; Thomas C. Fullerton, Attorney.

Before the Commissioners of Claims, Washington, D.C.: Claim of Isham B. Feltman of the County of Winston and State of Alabama numbered 20128.

It is hereby certified that on the 2^nd day of October 1875 at the residence of J.F. Files in the County of Fayette and State of Alabama came personally before me, for the purpose of a hearing in the above-entitled cause, the following persons, namely: Isham B. Feltman, Claimant; Benjamin F. Feltman, Witness.

Each and every deponent, previous to his or her examination, was properly and duly sworn or affirmed to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth concerning the matters under examination; the claimant’s witnesses were examined separately and apart from each other; the testimony of each deponent was written out by me in the presence of such deponent, who signed the same in my presence after having the deposition read aloud to such deponent, and the signature of such deponent was by me attested at the time it was affixed to the deposition.

Witness my hand and seal this 2^nd day of October 1875, [signed] John C. Moore, Special Commissioner

1 – Isham B. Feltman, 34 years of age. I reside in the County of Winston, State of Alabama. My occupation is that of a farmer.

2 – I am the claimant.

3 – In the County of Fayette, State of Alabama.

4 – I was residing in the County of Fayette, State of Alabama. My business has always been that of a farmer.

5 – There were on the Union side from beginning to end of rebellion.

6 – I did not.

7 – I was.

8 – I gave my services as a soldier in U.S. service in the 1^st Alabama Regiment Cavalry Volunteers. I enlisted therein, 25^th September 1863. Served 12 months; was honorably discharged at Rome, Georgia. I reenlisted again in the said Regiment, Company L, on the 1^st day of January 1865 and was honorably discharged at Huntsville, Alabama, 20^th day of October 1865, as (will) be (and is) shown by my discharge hereto attached.

9 – I had a brother B.F. Feltman in the same company, serving with me, all the time and was discharged at the same time I was.

10 – I was as before stated; left as before stated, as shown by my discharge.

11 – I give my services as before stated.

12 – I took the Union side.

13 – I adhered to the Union cause from beginning to the end of the rebellion.

14 – I was sorry and much distressed on hearing of the battle of Bull Run and Manassas, and much rejoiced on hearing of the captured of New Orleans, the fall of Vicksburg and final surrender of the Confederate soldiers.

15 – I was treated kindly by the Union element of the country.

16 – I have not.

17 – J.V. Tira, J.F. Files, Robert Hokett, also if necessary they can be called to prove my loyalty.

18 – I was threatened by the Rebel conscripting officers. If I didn’t go into Rebel service that they would put me in [jail] or kill me. This was the general threat to all Union men in this country.

19 – I was not.

20 – None.

21 – None of mine was, but they (the Rebels) taken lots of my father’s property, because his boys was in the Union army.

22 – I did not.

23 – Nothing more than threats as aforesaid.

24 – I was not.

25 – I was not.

26 – I did not.

27 – I did not.

28 – I was not.

29 – I was not.

30 – I did not.

31 – I did not.

32 – I did not.

33 – I was not.

34 – I did not.

35 – I did not.

36 – I had one brother that died in the Confederate service.

37 – I have not.

38 – I never participated in the rebellion.

39 – I did not.

40 – I was not.

41 – I was not

42 – There was not.

43 – There was not.

44 – I was not then old enough to vote but done all I could for the Union cause.

45 – I did not.

46 – I was not.

47 – I was not.

48 – I did not.

49 – I was not.

50 – I was not.

51 – I was in the U.S. service as before stated.

66 – I was.

67 – I turned over the mule at Rome, Georgia to Ira Pratt Quartermaster Sergeant on or about 1^st October 1864.

68 – I never filed a petition in bankruptcy, neither have I ever been declared a bankrupt.

72 – I turned over the mule myself to said quartermaster.

73 – The mule was turned over in day time.

74 – Said Quartermaster Sergeant said that the command was in great need of stock, that if I would let him have my mule, that he would pay me for it.

75 – None was given; none was asked for.

76 – There has not. There has not. There has not. It has not.

77 – It was turned over as before stated.

78 – I turned over said mule myself to said quartermaster aforesaid.

79 – The mule was large medium size, 6 years old, was sound and in good order. And a good riding mule, and at the time turned over to said Quartermaster Sergeant was worth $125 in U.S. money. Said mule was turned over for the use of the army of the U.S. and was used as such, by the troops of the 1^st Regiment Alabama Cavalry Volunteers. [signed] I.B. Feltman, Attest: [signed] John C. Moore, Special Commissioner

To all whom it may concern: Know ye, that Isham B. Feltman, Private of Lieutenant Hugh L. Bolton’s Company L, First Regiment of Alabama Cavalry Volunteers who was enrolled on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five to serve three years of during the war, is hereby discharged from the service of the United States this twentieth day of October 1865, at Huntsville, Alabama. (No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist).

Said Isham B. Feltman was born in Fayette County in the State of Alabama, is twenty-four years of age, five feet five inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation when enrolled a farmer.

Given at Huntsville, Alabama this twentieth day of October, 1864. [signed] Barrett, Captain, 40 U.S.C.S. and A.C.M., District of Huntsville.

1 – Benjamin F. Feltman, 33 years of age. I reside in the County of Fayette, State of Alabama and have so resided most all of my life. I am a farmer by occupation.

2 – The claimant is my brother. I am not interested in the success of his claim.

72 – I was present and saw the claimant turn over the mule named in said application to Ira Pratt, Quartermaster Sergeant at Rome, Georgia on or about 1^st October 1864.

73 – It was turned over in the day time.

74 – None was made. Said Quartermaster Sergeant said that the command needed stock, that if he would turn said mule over, he should be paid for him.

75 – No voucher or receipt was asked for; none was given.

76 – There has not. There has not. There has not. It has not. If so, I never heard of it.

77 – It was turned over to Ira Pratt, Quartermaster Sergeant while stationed at Rome, Georgia.

78 – I saw the mule named in said application turned over to said Quartermaster Pratt at Rome, Georgia on or about 1^st October 1864.

79 – The mule was large medium size, 6 years old, sound, in good fix, and a splendid saddle mule, at the time turned over to said Quartermaster Sergeant was worth $125 in U.S. money. Said mule was turned over for the use of the army of the U.S. and was used as such. [signed] B.F. Feltman; Attest: [signed] John C. Moore, Special Commissioner

Remarks: The claimant was a soldier in the First Alabama Cavalry Regiment federal service. He enlisted the 25^th of September 1863, served one year, was discharged and re-enlisted in January 1865 and served until the October following. When the testimony was taken, the claim produced before the Special Commissioner was for a mule only. The petition was with the Commissioners at Washington. No mention was made of the mare and no testimony relating to the mare was given. If this claim was honest, something would have been said relating to the mare. The claimant testifies that he turned over the mule at Rome, Georgia to Ira Pratt, Quartermaster Sergeant on or about October 1, 1864. No voucher was given and none asked for. He is corroborated in this statement by his brother who is a witness. It is alleged that the Quartermaster promised to pay for the mule. No reason is given why payment was not made. No complaint was made and no efforts by the claimant to get pay. We believe there was some good reason why this mule was not paid for if it was really the property of the claimant and turned over as he alleges. Explanation upon this point is indispensable to a satisfactory establishment of the claim. It is disallowed. [signed] A.O. Aldis, J.B. Howell, O. Ferriss, Commissioners of Claims.

Note: Ancestry.com reported Isham Botener Feltman was born 10 Nov 1840 and died 1 Jul 1888 in Cross County, Arkansas.