Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army

Creation Date

1775-06-16

Entity Type

Organization

Chief supply office for the U. S. Army. This office operated a system of field depots and a transportation network to deliver the goods to the soldiers, also responsible for burial of war dead and care of national cemeteries from 1862. Civil war-era U. S. Quartermasters General: Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup (May 1818 - June 1860), Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnson (June 1860 - April 1861), Major General Montgomery C. Meigs (April 1861 - February 1882).

"Quartermaster Corps History," U. S. Army, Fort Lee, Virginia, Quartermaster Corps, February 19, 2019, https://quartermaster.army.mil/qm_history.html (accessed August 6, 2020).
"Previous Quartermaster Commandants," U. S. Army, Fort Lee, Virginia, Quartermaster Corps, February 21, 2019, https://quartermaster.army.mil/bios/previous-qm-generals/previous-qm-commadants-bios.html (accessed August 6, 2020).

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