A Guide to the Confederate States of America, Subsistence Department, Commissary Records, 1861-1865
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 31327
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Confederate States of America. Subsistence Department. Commissary records, 1861-1865. Accession 31327. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from the Buchanan Town Improvement Society, Route 1, Box 243A, Buchanan, Virginia
Scope and Content
Records, 1861-1865, of Thomas T. S. Barton, acting commissary for the Subistence Department of the Confederate States of America, consisting of appointments, circulars, correspondence, financial records, orders, regulations, and other papers concerning Barton's work as commissary for the Confederacy in western Virginia. Records detail Barton's efforts to get supplies in western Virginia for the Confederate army, and provide information concerning daily rations for troops, teamsters, and others involved in the war effort. Also contain information on prices for pork, beef, flour, coffee, soap, and other items as well as the commissary expenditures. Papers also include Barton's personal correspondence.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following series:
I: Orders, Regulations, Circulars, and Appointments. II: Correspondence. III: Financial Records. IV: Miscellaneous Material.Contents List
Series I: Orders, Circulars, Regulations, and Appointments,
1861-1865.
Boxes: 1
Extent: 1 box.
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Box 1Folder 1General Orders, 1861 .
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Box 1Folder 2General Orders, 1862 .
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Box 1Folder 3General Orders, 1863 .
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Box 1Folder 4General Orders, 1864 .
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Box 1Folder 5Special Orders, 1861 .
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Box 1Folder 6Special Orders, 1862 .
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Box 1Folder 7Special Orders, 1863 .
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Box 1Folder 8Special Orders, 1864 .
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Box 1Folder 9Special Orders, 1865 and no date .
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Box 1Folder 10Order book, 1861-1862 .
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Box 1Folder 11Post Orders, 1862 .
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Box 1Folder 12Circulars, 1861 .
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Box 1Folder 13Circulars, 1862 .
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Box 1Folder 14Circulars, 186[2?] .
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Box 1Folder 15Circulars, 1863 .
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Box 1Folder 16Circulars, 1864 .
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Box 1Folder 17Circulars, 1865 .
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Box 1Folder 18Regulations of the Subsistence Department, 1861, 1864 .
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Box 1Folder 19Appointment as Brigade Commissary, Major, 1862 .
Series II: Correspondence,
1861-1865.
Boxes: 1-2
Extent: 2 boxes.
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Box 1Folder 20Letter book, 1861-1862.
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Box 1Folder 21Official Correspondence, May 1861.
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Box 1Folder 22Official Correspondence, June 1861.
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Box 1Folder 23Official Correspondence, July 1861.
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Box 1Folder 24Official Correspondence, August 1861.
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Box 1Folder 25Official Correspondence, September 1861.
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Box 1Folder 26Official Correspondence, October 1861.
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Box 1Folder 27Official Correspondence, November 1861.
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Box 1Folder 28Official Correspondence, December 1861.
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Box 1Folder 29Official Correspondence, January 1862.
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Box 1Folder 30Official Correspondence, February 1862.
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Box 1Folder 31Official Correspondence, March 1862.
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Box 1Folder 32Official Correspondence, April 1862.
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Box 1Folder 33Official Correspondence, May 1862.
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Box 1Folder 34Official Correspondence, June 1862.
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Box 1Folder 35Official Correspondence, July 1862.
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Box 1Folder 36Official Correspondence, August 1862.
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Box 1Folder 37Official Correspondence, September 1862.
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Box 1Folder 38Official Correspondence, October 1862.
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Box 1Folder 39Official Correspondence, November 1862.
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Box 1Folder 40Official Correspondence, December 1862.
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Box 2Folder 41Official Correspondence, January 1863.
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Box 2Folder 42Official Correspondence, February 1863.
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Box 2Folder 43Official Correspondence, April 1863.
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Box 2Folder 44Official Correspondence, June 1863.
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Box 2Folder 45Official Correspondence, July 1863.
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Box 2Folder 46Official Correspondence, August 1863.
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Box 2Folder 47Official Correspondence, September 1863.
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Box 2Folder 48Official Correspondence, October 1863.
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Box 2Folder 49Official Correspondence, November 1863.
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Box 2Folder 50Official Correspondence, December 1863.
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Box 2Folder 51Official Correspondence, January 1864.
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Box 2Folder 52Official Correspondence, February 1864.
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Box 2Folder 53Official Correspondence, March 1864.
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Box 2Folder 54Official Correspondence, April 1864.
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Box 2Folder 55Official Correspondence, May 1864.
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Box 2Folder 56Official Correspondence, June 1864.
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Box 2Folder 57Official Correspondence, July 1864.
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Box 2Folder 58Official Correspondence, August 1864.
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Box 2Folder 59Official Correspondence, September 1864.
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Box 2Folder 60Official Correspondence, October 1864.
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Box 2Folder 61Official Correspondence, November 1864.
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Box 2Folder 62Official Correspondence, December 1864.
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Box 2Folder 63Official Correspondence, January 1865.
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Box 2Folder 64Official Correspondence, February 1865.
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Box 2Folder 65Official Correspondence, March 1865.
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Box 2Folder 66Official Correspondence, April 1865.
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Box 2Folder 67Official Correspondence, undated.
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Box 2Folder 68Telegrams, 1861-1864.
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Box 2Folder 69Personal Correspondence, 1863.
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Box 2Folder 70Personal Correspondence, 1864.
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Box 2Folder 71Envelopes.
Series III: Financial Records,
1861-1865.
Boxes: 2-8
Extent: 7 boxes.
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Box 2Folder 72Monthly Financial Records, July 1861.
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Box 2Folder 73Monthly Financial Records, August 1861.
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Box 2Folder 74Monthly Financial Records, September 1861.
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Box 2Folder 75Monthly Financial Records, October 1861.
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Box 2Folder 76Monthly Financial Records, November 1861.
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Box 2Folder 77Monthly Financial Records, December 1861.
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Box 3Folder 78Monthly Financial Records, January 1862.
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Box 3Folder 79Monthly Financial Records, February 1862.
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Box 3Folder 80Monthly Financial Records, March 1862.
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Box 3Folder 81Monthly Financial Records, april 1862.
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Box 3Folder 82Monthly Financial Records, May 1862.
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Box 3Folder 83Monthly Financial Records, June 1862.
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Box 3Folder 84Monthly Financial Records, July 1862.
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Box 3Folder 85Monthly Financial Records, October 1862.
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Box 3Folder 86Monthly Financial Records, November 1862.
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Box 3Folder 87Monthly Financial Records, April 1863.
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Box 3Folder 88Monthly Financial Records, May 1863.
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Box 3Folder 89Monthly Financial Records, July 1863.
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Box 4Folder 90Monthly Financial Records, August 1863.
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Box 4Folder 91Monthly Financial Records, September 1863.
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Box 4Folder 92Monthly Financial Records, October 1863.
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Box 4Folder 93Monthly Financial Records, November 1863.
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Box 4Folder 94Monthly Financial Records, December 1863.
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Box 4Folder 95Monthly Financial Records, January 1864.
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Box 4Folder 96Monthly Financial Records, February 1864.
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Box 4Folder 97Monthly Financial Records, March 1864.
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Box 4Folder 98Monthly Financial Records, April 1864.
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Box 4Folder 99Monthly Financial Records, May 1864.
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Box 4Folder 100Monthly Financial Records, June 1864.
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Box 4Folder 101Monthly Financial Records, July 1864.
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Box 4Folder 102Monthly Financial Records, August 1864.
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Box 4Folder 103Monthly Financial Records, September 1864.
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Box 4Folder 104Monthly Financial Records, October 1864.
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Box 4Folder 105Monthly Financial Records, November 1864.
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Box 4Folder 106Monthly Financial Records, December 1864.
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Box 5Folder 107Monthly Financial Records, January 1865, folder 1 of 2.
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Box 5Folder 108Monthly Financial Records, January 1865, folder 2 of 2.
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Box 5Folder 109Monthly Financial Records, February 1865.
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Box 5Folder 110Monthly Financial Records, March 1865.
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Box 5Folder 111Monthly Financial Records, April 1865.
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Box 5Folder 112Quarterly Financial Records ending September 1861, folder 1 of 2.
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Box 5Folder 113Quarterly Financial Records ending September 1861, folder 2 of 2.
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Box 6Folder 114Quarterly Financial Records ending December 1861.
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Box 6Folder 115Quarterly Financial Records ending March 1862.
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Box 6Folder 116Quarterly Financial Records ending June 1862.
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Box 6Folder 117Quarterly Financial Records ending September 1862.
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Box 6Folder 118Quarterly Financial Records ending December 1862.
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Box 6Folder 119Quarterly Financial Records ending September 1863.
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Box 6Folder 120Quarterly Financial Records ending December 1863.
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Box 6Folder 121Quarterly Financial Records ending March 1864.
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Box 6Folder 122Quarterly Financial Records ending June 1864.
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Box 7Folder 123Quarterly Financial Records ending September 1864.
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Box 7Folder 124Quarterly Financial Records ending December 1864.
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Box 7Folder 125Quarterly Financial Records ending March 1865.
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Box 7Folder 126Miscellaneous financial records, 1861-1865.
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Box 8Folder 127Miscellaneous receipts, 1861.
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Box 8Folder 128Miscellaneous receipts, 1862.
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Box 8Folder 129Miscellaneous receipts, 1863.
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Box 8Folder 130Miscellanous receipts, 1864.
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Box 8Folder 131Miscellaneous receipts, 1865 and undated.
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Box 8Folder 132Price schedules.
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Box 8Folder 133Reports of agents, 1864.
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Box 8Folder 134Transportation invoices, 1864-1865.