. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . nfederate scouts!Such prizes were well worth trying for. When General Meade, with his army of one hundred andfifty thousand men, left Brandy Station, Virginia, in May,1864, on his march to Petersburg, each soldier carried six daysrations of hardtack, coffee, sugar, and salt. The supply trainscarried ten days rations of the same articles, and one daysration of salt pork. For the remainder of the meat ration,a supply of beef cattle on the hoof for thirteen days rationsw
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . nfederate scouts!Such prizes were well worth trying for. When General Meade, with his army of one hundred andfifty thousand men, left Brandy Station, Virginia, in May,1864, on his march to Petersburg, each soldier carried six daysrations of hardtack, coffee, sugar, and salt. The supply trainscarried ten days rations of the same articles, and one daysration of salt pork. For the remainder of the meat ration,a supply of beef cattle on the hoof for thirteen days rationswas driven along with the troops, but over separate Thomas Wilson, who was Meades chief commissary,directed the movements of this great herd of beef cattle bybrigades and divisions. The Federal service required an immense number ofdraft animals. The Quartermasters Department boughthorses for the cavalry and-artillery, and horses and mules forthe trains. In 18(12, the Government owned approximately [50] ^^^-^■^^^C^^ iBKiP® ==3£l*tt5s*3^£^^^ ^ ASK jj liVNr !^w^u\. ^^^^^JT^^O^^! m ijmw ■ \ ul////\ *v t^:z. GUARDING LUMBER FOR THE GOVERNMENT Vast quantities of lumber were used by the Union armies during the war. The Federal Government was a1 thaitime the largest builder in the world. The Engineer Corps earried interchangeable parts to replaee destroyed rail-road bridges, and lumber was needed for pontoons, flooring, hospital buildings, and construction of every kindnecessary to the welfare of the armies. Often, when no lumber was at hand, neighboring houses had to be wreckedin order to repair a railroad bridge or furnish flooring for the pontoon-bridges. The upper photograph showsa sentry guarding the Governments lumber-yard at Washington. Much of this lumber was doubtless used inrepairing the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, so frequently destroyed by both armies as they operated betweenRichmond and Washington. In the lower photograph a sentry is guarding a Govern
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