At West Point, Rufus Ingalls was Ulysses S. Grant’s first roommate, and he roomed with Grant again at Camp Vancouver in 1852. As captains and quartermasters, they shared a room in the “quartermaster’s ...

Robert O'Harrow talked about his book on Montgomery Meigs, Union quartermaster general during the Civil War. Meigs was responsible for supplying Union armies in the field but also developed ...

Meigs was, after all, only the quartermaster general of the U.S. Army from the outbreak of the Civil War until his retirement in 1882. Still, the fighting end of war tends to go badly unless the ...

Coffee was an important part of a Union soldier’s ration during the Civil War. ... The Army’s 1858 Quartermaster Manual made no reference to coffee — and hardly mentioned rations — but ...

Army Chaplain Charles C. Pierce championed the proper handling of Soldiers' remains after the Spanish-American War and established the Quartermaster Graves Registration Service.

When the Civil War began, women were able to take on a variety of new roles. ... In August of 1862, she gained permission from Quartermaster Daniel Rucker to bring her operation to the front lines.

Scythes said the collection is unique for Civil War-era letters because all of them are written to one person from 15 soldiers and a quartermaster at a military hospital.

FORT LEE, Va. — A 101-year-old Army retiree and war veteran will be among those feted during a Quartermaster Honors event, taking place Nov. 4 on Fort L ...

John Wood's 10-month tenure as governor of Illinois came to an end on Jan. 14, 1861. But, Illinois' new chief executive, Republican Richard Yates, quickly put Wood back to work, appointing him one ...

During the Civil War outbreak, these particular lots belonged to a Quartermaster for the Confederate States Army, Absalom P. Rowe. The lot was a major Civil War-era landscape.

RICHMOND, Va - Author Cheryl Jackson Baker introduced her new book, ‘Affectionately Yours: The Civil War Letters of William R. Jackson & His Wife Julia.’ After finding a box full of letter ...