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Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General.

Title
  1. Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General.
Published by
  1. 1865.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding aid
Author
  1. United States. Office of the Quartermaster General.

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  1. United States. Army. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th (1861-1865)
  2. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
Description
  1. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Summary
  1. Collection consists of Quartermaster Department report forms completed by U.S. Army units, dated 1865. Reports for the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in camp near Richmond, Virginia, comprise monthly returns of "clothing, camp, and garrison equipage" for April and May 1865, with a cover letter to Quartermaster General M. C. Meigs by Lieutenant James Smith, dated June 1, 1865. A report of "persons and articles hired" at Nashville for the 6th Wisconsin Battery in January 1865 is filled out in duplicate, listing teamsters Robert Morton and Albert Rittenhouse. It is accompanied by a descriptive list noting their transfer in February 1865. One of the duplicate reports bears a United States Sanitary Commission date stamp of Nov. 11, 1865.
Subject
  1. Military records
  2. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Recruiting, enlistment, etc
  3. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Equipment and supplies
  4. United States > Office of the Quartermaster General > Records and correspondence
Genre/Form
  1. Military records.
Call number
  1. MssCol 185478
Note
  1. Formerly part of the United States Sanitary Commission Records.
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source (note)
  1. United States Sanitary Commission to the Astor Library
Author
  1. United States. Office of the Quartermaster General.
Title
  1. Miscellaneous reports to the United States Army Quartermaster General.
Production
  1. 1865.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source
  1. Gift of the United States Sanitary Commission to the Astor Library, 1879.
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  1. Finding aid
Added author
  1. United States. Army. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th (1861-1865)
  2. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
Research call number
  1. MssCol 185478
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