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Cincinnati Quartermaster clothing depot

Depot, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Side
Union
Kind
Depot
Where
Cincinnati, Ohio
Years
1861-1865
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CINCINNATI CLOTHING DEPOT

One of three depots, with Philadelphia and New York, where the government bought ready-made Army clothing from 1861 to 1865. From July 1 to November 26, 1861, it issued 170,410 shirts, 115,714 pairs of bootees and 76,970 canteens.

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Then

One of the three depots, with Philadelphia and New York, where the government bought ready-made Army clothing from 1861 to 1865. From July 1 to November 26, 1861, the Cincinnati depot issued 170,410 shirts, 165,610 pairs of drawers, 115,714 pairs of bootees, 76,970 canteens and 74,372 knapsacks.

Now

Lines owned by CSX, smaller railroads and Norfolk Southern run through Cincinnati today.

Nearby

Sources

  1. Dressing Billy Yank (The Civil War Monitor)
  2. Cincinnati Clothing Depot Report, July-November 1861, from the Cincinnati Daily Commercial (Authentic Campaigner)