Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
United States. Army. Commissary of Subsistence. Records, 1861-1865. 4 volumes.
Call No.
Mss. BG U58e / 1-4
Content
This collection is a significant archive of Union Commissary of Subsistence operations in the western theater during the Civil War. Stationed in Louisville, Kentucky, Capt. H. C. Symonds was responsible for millions of dollars of supplies for the Department of the Cumberland, the Department of the Ohio, and the Army of the Kentucky. The collection provides insight into food consumption by Union troops during the war, as well as the logistical challenges involved in supplying necessities to the soldiers. The collection consists of a register of telegrams sent and received by Symonds, January 1864 - August 1865; a register of letters received by Symonds, December 1864 - November 1865; and a ledger book containing a record of financial transactions, June 1861 - November 1865.