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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01196 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Estimate of funds required for the service of the Quartermasters Department at the District of Cairo by A. S. Baxter A. Q. Master in the month of January 1862 |
| Date | ca. January 1862 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Additional authors | Baxter, Algernon Sidney (1819-1897) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Report on funds needed by the Quartermaster for expenses including feed, forage, straw, stationery and hire of laborer. The required funds total $100,500.00. Written, prepared and signed by Baxter. Also signed by Grant, as Brigadier General, approving the estimate. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History President Union Forces Union General Military Supplies Finance |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Cairo, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | A. S. Baxter was an Assistant Quartermaster in the US Volunteers Quartermaster's Department. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |