Assistant Quartermasters' quarterly reports, abstracts, and vouchers, 1861-1864.

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Assistant Quartermasters' quarterly reports, abstracts, and vouchers, 1861-1864.

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This series contains quarterly reports, abstracts of expenditures, and vouchers prepared by the assistant quartermasters for Quartermaster General Duff C. Green, who was responsible for the distribution of salt in Alabama during the Civil War. The series covers the period from 1861 to 1864, with the bulk of the records for the year 1862. Quarterly reports indicate the quantities of salt delivered to county salt agents and private companies. Abstracts of expenditures are monthly and quarterly statements of the costs incurred during the storage, transportation, and distribution of salt. Vouchers and receipts document the authorized transfer of salt by the Quartermaster General to his assistants and by them to the persons in their jurisdiction. A large part of the records are those of Assistant Quartermaster William R. Pickett who was responsible for salt distribution at Montgomery. Of particular interest are the reports of Assistant Quartermaster Joseph A. Bradford from the salt works at New Iberia, La., and those of Alexander Snodgrass and James A. Speed, who were responsible for securing transportation of salt to north Alabama from Saltville, Va. Also included are letters and memoranda to the assistant quartermasters from Ala. governors, John Gill Shorter and Thomas Hill Watts, and from salt commissioners, Abner G. McGehee and Benjamin M. Woolsey.

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Alabama. Quartermaster General.

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The Quartermaster General was created by the Constitution of 1819, and from 1822 was elected for a four year term by the Legislature. His duties were "the care of all public stores, of arms, ammunition," etc. In 1837 the Military Code enlarged his duties to include the commissary general. From 1840 he was also a member of the Military Commission, consisting also of the Governor and the Adjutant and Inspector General. In January of 1861 the Governor received the power to ...

Pickett, William Raiford, 1833-1889.

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Woolsey, Benjamin M. 1823-1886.

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Snodgrass, Alexander.

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Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872

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Civil War governor of Ala. From the description of Papers, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247275 Governor of Alabama and jurist. From the description of John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980457 ...

Speed, James, 1812-1887

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James Speed was a friend and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him attorney general in 1864 and he supported Lincoln's moderate treatment of the southern states until Lincoln's death. He then became a radical republican who was a critic of Andrew Johnson. From the description of Speed, James 1812-1887 1863-1876 Papers. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49236177 Louisville lawyer, state legislator, politician, and U.S. attorney general. ...

Bradford, Joseph, -1808

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Alabama. Governor (1861-1863 : Shorter).

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Alabama. Salt Commissioner.

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McGehee, Abner G.

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Watts, T. H. 1819-1892.

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Green, Duff C. 1828-1865.

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Alabama. Governor (1863-1865 : Watts)

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Alabama. Salt Commission.

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