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Civil War

The Quartermaster Review – September-October 1928 EDITOR’S NOTE.-The following article was supplied by Lt. Col. A. B. Warfield, Q. M. C., and furnishes invaluable information as to the functioning of the Quartermaster Corps during the Civil War period–nothing,…

American Revolution

By Edward PaysonThe Quartermaster Review May-June 1950 It was March 1778 and on the hills of Valley Forge, rising above the Sehuylkill River, lay the winter quarters of George Washington ‘s Continental Army. On this scenically beautiful spot, commanding a broad…

World War I

Extracted From:America’s Munitions 1917-1918Report of Benedict Crowell, The Assistant Secretary of War, Director of MunitionsGovernment Printing Office, Washington – 1919 SUBSISTENCE. When the American soldier went to war against Germany he took his appetite with him….

Other History Resources

By Major Edward E. Adams, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review September-October 1946 Experiences of a QM officer detailed to pack and return art looted by the Nazis in World War II. Shortly after VJ-day I was assigned to the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section of…

Korean War

By Corporal Mel ScottThe Quartermaster Review(January-February 1951) An article on the 2nd Quartermaster Company, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea A long procession of trucks moved slowly down the main U. S. supply route toward a railhead. A sentry walking his post…

World War II

Lt. Col. John E. O’Hair, QMC*(*Assistant to the Ground Quartermaster)The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1946 Having been the Quartermaster of an Infantry Division from the date of its activation in December 1942 until its inactivation in September 1945, I had the good…

General History

The Quartermaster Corps traces its origins to 16 June 1775. Two days after Congress authorized the Continental Army it also authorized a Quartermaster General and his deputy, in recognition of the need for logistical support to the new Army. Major General Thomas…

Civil War

The Story of the USS Chattanooga, a “home-made” steamboat built by the Quartermaster Department in October 1863 to carry supplies to General Grant’s starving army at Chattanooga, Tennessee. As told by Assistant Quartermaster William Le Duc, who “commanded” the…

Somalia

CPT S. Carter CorselloQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993 Soldiers establishing camp operations at logistics support activity in Jilib, Somalia Operation Restore Hope served to illustrate a number of challenges that face logisticians in today’s armed…

Civil War

Captain Robert O. Zinnen, Jr.Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1991 A person standing on the banks overlooking this harbor and the massive facilities surrounding it would have been amazed at the sights and sounds. A vast fleet of ships stretched as far as…