The letter describes life in the field during the Civil War. Odell notes that rations are limited, he has the best mule in the regiment, his fellow soldiers are getting tired of the war, and the Yankees have commenced their march for Charleston....
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Fred commenting on the availability of rations. He also mentions an incident where men from his camp eager to engage the Confederates began singing an anti-secessionist song. Decker also comments on three...
Letter to "Sister" from Ira Griffith, written from a camp located in Williamson County, Tennessee. The letter discusses food rations, crops, and family news.
Journal of Charles Newell Hammond (1835-1891). Hammond served with Co. F, 96th Ill. Vol. Inf. Regt., USA. The journal provides an account of the company's rations and expenses as well as his personal account of the mundane events of camp life. On...
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the food closet. A number of cups are hanging from the wall, and a pitcher is on the floor. Mitchener writes, "As you enter the room - life's sustinence (sic) compartment...The...
This page in Mitchener's diary includes a drawing of the kitchen, in which a large cooking stove is pictured. On top of this image, he has written a number of commonly used phrases, including,"shut the d - ' door!" and "The skillet's dirty again!"...
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of several POW barracks within the camp. He has written, "An important item on the top of the page. Below is his drawing of the camp, "The Cook Shack." He includes information...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, explaining the strategic value of East Tennessee and the likelihood of a Union invasion. He implores his father to leave Cleveland, Tennessee, and flee south to Georgia before such a raid...
This one-page printed provision return form with handwritten entries was submitted by Captain McDearmon of the 17th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, C. S. A., and represents three days of rations drawn by fifty-one men stationed at Camp Hope near...
Order from Brigadier Genernal Felix Zollicoffer, Nashville, handwritten on a Bill of Purchase form, making arrangements, when necessary, to provide the commutation value of the rations instead of the actual rations to the Commands, July 17, 1861.
Military training; Military maneuvers; Military headquarters; Military uniforms; Military rations; Sutlers
Color lithograph of the 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, in camp before the battle of Shiloh. The lithograph is based on a drawing by a soldier in the regiment. Pictured are tents, military equipment, and soldiers involved in various activities,...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows the remainder of the song, "Thanks for the Memoires," which begins on the previous page of the diary. Another song, "Kriege Rations," is also shown. This song makes light of the fact that...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a song along with a tiny illustration of a soldier in prison. The song is called "Thanks for the Memories" and is attributed to L. G. Young, POW. The song is a parody and makes light of the...
Report submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry. This monthly departmental form,designated No. 8, names twenty-eight civilian employees due pay. All but one are listed as "Colored"...
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
General order No. 226 issued from E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, describing the proper ration of pork, soft bread, hard bread, beans, vegetables, rice, vinegar, coffee, candles, soap, salt, and pepper for each...
Abstract of purchases of fresh beef acquired for the Confederate Army by B. J. Semmes, A. C. S., for the third quarter 1863. It lists the date of purchase, the voucher number, the names of the 18 individuals from whom the beef was bought, the...
Return of provisions received at Shelbyville for May 1863. List includes date, voucher number, names of quartermasters from whom goods were received, and types and quantities of goods received, including pork, beef, bacon, flour, candles, rice,...
Abstract of provisions issued to the troops of the Confederate States of America Artillery of Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk's Corps by the Commissary of Subsistence at Shelbyville, Tennessee. Document includes date issued, numbers of men and...
