ADJUTANT GENERAL:

An Inventory of Its Quartermaster Records of Captain Norman K. Culver, Company B, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Creator: Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General.
Title:Quartermaster Records of Captain Norman K. Culver, Company B, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
Dates:1862-1865.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Documents kept by Captain Culver, primarily while Company B was stationed at Fort Ridgely (March-December 1862).
Quantity:0.9 cubic feet (2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Culver served as acting assistant quartermaster and acting assistant commissary of subsistence for the post of Fort Ridgely, responsible for military supplies, transportation, animals, fuel, forage, and food. The records intermix accounts for the Fort Ridgely post and Culver's Company B. They include abstracts, estimates, inventories, lists, reports, requisitions, and correspondence documenting both the activities of the post and company and Culver's roles as quartermaster and assistant commissary. Of particular interest are the March 31, 1862 transfer of property and stores to Culver's responsibility and numerous returns, invoices, inventories and accounts for property and stores issued, expended, destroyed, and purchased; issues of food and equipment to Indians; statistics on civilian refugees at Fort Ridgely; lists of equipment and buildings destroyed during the battles; and some details on new construction following the battles. A small number of documents follow Culver's service with Company B as it participated in battle in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana (December 1862-July 1863). Culver resigned his commission on July 13, 1863 and returned to Minnesota.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Quartermaster Records of Captain Norman K. Culver, Company B, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2007-51

Processing Information:

Processed by: Debbie Sher, February 2007

Catalog ID number: 990066082310104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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109.I.4.14FAbstract of Articles Received, June-November 1862.
Abstract of Articles Transferred, June-September 1862.
Abstract of Contingencies, April-October 1862.
Abstract of Expenditures, June 1862-October 1863.
Abstract of Extra Issues to the Volunteers and Troops, April-October 1862.
Abstract of Forage, June-October 1862.
Abstract of Fuel, June-September 1862.
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126.J.2.2Abstract of Provisions Issued (Citizens, Hospital, Volunteers, Oversize Refugees), April-October 1862.
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109.I.4.14FAbstract of Provisions Issued to Indians, June-August 1862.
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126.J.2.2Abstract of Provisions Sold to Officers, April-October 1862.
Abstract of Provisions to U. S. Troops, April-October 1862.
Abstract of Purchases, April-October 1862.
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109.I.4.14FAbstract of Stationery Issued, June-October 1862.
Abstract of Straw Issued, June-September 1862.
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126.J.2.2Account Current, June-October 1862.
Articles Expended, Lost, Found or Destroyed, April 1862-July 1863.
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109.I.4.14FArticles Purchased for the Use of the Sick, April-October 1862.
Blank documents, undated.
Certificate of Articles of Subsistence Stores Wasted, undated.
Circulars: Office Commissary General of Subsistence, May 1862; Ordnance Office, March 1863.
Correspondence, May 1862-February 1864.
Primarily regarding Culver’s responsibilities as quartermaster.
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126.J.2.2Descriptive List of Men Employed on Extra Duty, March-April 1862.
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109.I.4.14FEstimate of Cost of Materials, Labor, etc. for a Temporary Hospital Building at Fort Ridgely, undated.
Estimate of Funds, September 1862.
Forage Issued to Public Animals, April-September 1862.
Inventory of Subsistence Stores Presented for Inspection, June-July 1862.
Invoices of Commissary Property, Funds, Quartermaster Stores, Subsistence Stores, and Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage turned over, March 1862-May 1863.
Invoice of Condemned Subsistence Stores at Fort Ridgely, April 1862.
List of Articles Fabricated, 3rd Quarter 1862.
List of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage Transferred, November 1862-November 1865.
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126.J.2.2List of Officers Acknowledging Purchase of Subsistence Stores, April-June 1862.
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109.I.4.14FList of Stores Expended, April-July 1862.
Monthly Estimate of Funds Required, April-August 1862.
Monthly Report of Deceased and Discharged Men and Deserters, August 1862.
Monthly Report of Forage, May-October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Monthly Return of Public Animals, April-October 1862.
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109.I.4.14FMonthly Summary Statement of Funds Received and Disbursed, April-October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, November 1862-November 1863.
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109.I.4.14FProposals for Supplies, June 1862.
Provision Return, October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Quarterly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, June 1862-June 1863.
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109.I.4.14FQuarterly Return of Quartermaster’s Stores, June-October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Quarterly Statement of Allowances, June 1862.
Receipt of Clothing, April 1862-June 1863.
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109.I.4.14FReceipts, September 1862-July 1863.
Report of Persons and Articles Discharged with Pay Due, October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Report of Persons and Articles Employed and Hired at Fort Ridgely, March-October 1862.
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109.I.4.14FRequisition for Camp and Garrison Equipage, August 1862.
Requisition for Forage, June-October 1862.
Requisition for Fuel, April-September 1862.
Requisition for Hospital Stores, August-September 1862.
Requisition for Stationery, April-October 1862.
Requisition for Straw, May-September 1862.
Return of Commissary Property, April-October 1862.
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126.J.2.2Return of Provisions Received, Issued, April-September 1862.
Roll of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Employed on Extra Duty, May-October 1862.
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109.I.4.14FSpecial Estimate for Subsistence Stores, for the Year Ending July 30, 1863.
Special Requisition, May-October 1862.
Vouchers, April-September 1862.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.
Persons:
Culver, Norman K.
Organizations:
United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865). Company B.
Places:
Fort Ridgely (Minn.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.

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