![]() ![]() The prices sutlers charged were initially setīy a committee of officers from the unit the sutler served.Īt the beginning of the war, privates in both the Union and Confederate Armies were paid $11 per month. Recommendation of the regiment’s commissioned officers. Sutlers operated under a special appointment – usually from the regimental commander, occasionallyįrom the governor of the state from which the unit originated and occasionally, as a result of the Sutlers were civilian merchants, camp-įollowers who sold goods at high prices to soldiers while they were in the field or in camp. Thing – the fact that the camp sutler was at best, a necessary evil. By Mike Barhorst Photograph of the sutler’s tent at the Army of the Potomac Headquarters near Bealeton, Virginia inĪlthough Union and Confederate soldiers were divided on nearly every topic, they could agree on at least one ![]()
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