Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence to the Quartermaster General's office but also includes copies of special orders and resolutions of the Military Board, invoices, vouchers, receipts, cancelled checks, inspection reports, and samples of cloth to be used in manufacturing uniforms.

The subjects documented by this series clearly reflect the duties and functions of the Quartermaster General's Office. Much of the series deals with the procurement, inspection, issuance, and payment of uniforms, rations and tents obtained by the state during the Civil War. In addition, the series contains a large amount of correspondence directed to "Acting Assistant Quartermaster General" Chester A. Arthur reflecting his administrative duties during the first years of the war.