Florida commissary headquarters, Quincy
Depot, Quincy, Florida.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Quincy, Florida
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
FLORIDA COMMISSARY HEADQUARTERS
Commissary headquarters for Florida, a major supplier of beef, salt and other supplies to the Confederacy, 1861-1865. To run that supply chain the state was divided into five commissary districts under Major Pleasant W. White of Quincy.
Then
Florida was a major supplier of beef, salt and other supplies to the Confederacy. To run that supply chain the state was divided into five commissary districts under Major Pleasant W. White of Quincy.
Now
Built over
Quincy is the county seat of Gadsden County.
Lines owned by smaller railroads run through Quincy today.
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