Letterbook, 1861 Oct. 17-1862 Oct. 29.

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Letterbook, 1861 Oct. 17-1862 Oct. 29.

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Contains copies of 284 letters written by Scull as brigade commissary and, later, chief commissary of the Northern District, Department of the South, Hilton Head, S.C., concerning the acquisition and disposition of subsistence stores and the prosecution of illegal military sales and thefts of subsistence stores and commissary supplies. Includes discussion of such commodities as beef, ice, whiskey, potatoes, etc.; letters document Scull's responsibility for commissary supplies at Edisto, Daufuskie, Tybee, and other seacoast islands, as far south as St. Augustine, Fla.; looting of supplies by members of the 100th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; and quality of food supplied to African American freedmen or "contrabands."

1 v. (239 p.)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7287021

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Scull, G. D. (Gideon Delaplaine), 1824-1889

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Commissary officer in the Union army stationed in South Carolina. From the description of Letterbook, 1861 Oct. 17-1862 Oct. 29. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30479832 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...