Confederate Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi

James L. Nichols

• Introduction to the Percheron Press Edition, J. Barto Arnold III 1. The Quartermaster: His Place and Purpose 2. Clothing and Equipage 3. The Tax-in-Kind in the Trans-Mississippi 4. The Cotton Bureau 5. Transportation: Supply and Maintenance 6. Payrolls, Claims, and Money Troubles Bibliography Index

'[A]n important contribution to the historian’s knowledge of a significant aspect of the military operations of the Civil War. (George L. Anderson, Civil War History)' '[O]ffers much light in a hitherto little regarded area of Confederate studies. Professor Nichols deserves great credit for this fine contribution to Civil War knowledge.' (Allan C. Ashcraft, Southern Historical Quarterly) 'This [volume] . . . should help future scholars to a better understanding of the period 1861–65 than has ever been possible before'. (Robert A. Brent, Journal of Mississippi History) '[A] pioneering work in the field of Trans-Mississippi logistics.' (William T. Windham, Journal of Southern History)