商品簡介
This reprint from 1964 describes the Confederate system of supply in the Trans-Mississippi region during the Civil War and the Quartermaster Department, which was in charge of buying goods. Nichols, who was a professor of history and served in the US Army Quartermaster Corps during World War II, explains the quartermaster's functions, clothing and equipment, tax-in-kind system, the Cotton Bureau, transportation, paymasters, and difficulties faced. The new introduction is by J. Barto Arnold III (Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Texas A&M U.); the book has been reprinted as part of a series relating to the Denbigh Shipwreck Project, which he directs. Percheron Press is the reprint imprint of Eliot Werner Publications. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
J. Barto Arnold III, Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas [new introduction]
