The diary contains the ordnance stores records maintained by Capt. Robert. C. Bradshaw of Company A, 25th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry from April 8, 1862, to January 14, 1864. There are twenty-nine pages of text that record quantities of equipment issued to and turned in by Company A. Items include but are not limited to bayonets, cartridges, rifles (also types), screw drivers, waist belts, and cap boxes. The ordnance diary tracks the regiment’s movements; however, the entries often occur upon the company’s arrival at a new location. For example, the first entry is dated April 8, 1862, at Camp Prentiss (near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee). The following two entries, July 28th and September 2nd, are from Corinth, Mississippi. The regiment then returned to various Missouri locations: St. Louis, Arcadia, Camp Patterson, Van Buren, and New Madrid. Bradshaw also noted when he filed quarterly ordnance reports and issued ordnance to a few presumably new company members. The diary ends with Bradshaw’s release from service in January 1864.