Ira Roe Foster papers, 1862-1865.

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Ira Roe Foster papers, 1862-1865.

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The Ira Foster papers contain a sampling of items relating to the official business of Foster, the quartermaster general of Georgia during the Civil War, including incoming and outgoing correspondence between Foster and various Confederate agents concerning the purchasing, storage, and delivery of clothes and wholesale foodstuffs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145135

William L. Clements Library

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Foster, Ira Roe, 1813-1885.

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Foster, Ira Roe Rank : Colonel Regiment : Georgia. Quartermaster General Ira Roe Foster was born on January 13, 1813, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to Ransom and Nancy Foster. He first studied medicine and then practiced in South Carolina, and in 1841, became a licensed lawyer in Cherokee County, Georgia, where he also served as state legislator. Foster had extensive business interests in land, and in flour and saw mills, in north-central Georgi...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...