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[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo Kameraden!

Indeed.

I was thoroughly disappointed by the poor quality of the pictures.
B&W can present great and extremely crisp details.

However, the images in the book are exceedingly poor, and in my ignorance, look like copies of copies of "Instamatic" shots- inexcusable in a Digital world.
IMHO, they do detract from a nice "primer," but not enough to warrant not adding it to one's reference self.

Curt-Heinrich Schmidt
Consumer of Details

[Agate]

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Mark,

The samples may well have been from Cincinnati. Montgomery is noted in the July 7 edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer as having arrived with USMSK Gibb from Fort Scott as an Asst. QM to Dickerson if memory serves. He was transferred as you have stated to Indy in August at the request of Meigs to provide QMD support to Indiana, which up to that point, as you are most familiar, provided her own goods. I have all of this from the main series of correspondence from the Quartermaster General on microfilm from NARA which includes the letter to Morton informing him of the departure of Montgomery from Cincinnati.


In September another QM officer, one Jenks, was transferred to Louisville to support Anderson's Department. By September, with the edition of McKinstry of St. Louis, four principle independent AQMs were in the West purchasing. Much of this involving the market in Cincinnati, as it was the commercial capitol of the West (no question as to why a principle depot was established here).

With the edition of agents of the individual states the market in Cincinnati became extremely advanced, so much so the the Quartermaster General wrote the following to Dickerson in a letter, presented in part, dated Oct. 18, 1861.

Series M745, Roll 36, "Main Series, Letters sent by the Office of the Quartermaster General, Volumes 56-57," entry 77/127.

"If a regiment will agree to accept white undyed wool clothing, and the cloth can be made west, it should be used. Anything in this extremity is better than to wait."

Is that killer or what?

Gentlemen, all of this is probably connected to a degree, which really should not come as any great surprise. State procurement, the market, early QMD support, a branch among branches, and it is starting really to unravel. I hope to write about it for the benefit of all of us, being a real believer that research should be presented to those who appreciate it the most, regardless of the medium. Good luck to you.

Hope you are well Comrade H.!!

Regards,

John

John Sarver
Cin. O.
Co. D
1st Regt. Ky. Vols.

[Agate]

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Sorry, double post

[Jake Hill]

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Thank You for the information it was very valuable to helping me purchase the proper gear.