Anthony

I can not imagine the logistical nightmare it must have been to supply those armies in the field. Bullets, Bacon, and Beans all transported by horse and wagons from place to place it truely must have been an amazing feat to keep an army of 40,000 plus supplied in the field. I know it was quite an undertaking just to build and transport just one wagon (even using modern tools and a truck and trailer) from Arkansas to Gettysburg and back in 1988.

Each of the different command structures, from the telegraphs, orders, correspondents, and likewise that I have read, all indicate that they all were very jealous of whatever they had or were believed to have been entitled to. For example Albert Pike and Hindman fued in the spring of 1862 here in Arkansas.

I have even seen a couple of records were a Confederate soldier was charged to pay for losing his musket during the Battle. Military equipment was not the property of the soldier it was issued to it remained the property of the Ordinance Department that Issued it and thereby the Confederate government. Just like our Army today at least during the early part of the War when weapons were so scarce.