Union Army Wagon Markings

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The question 'What sort of markings did the Union Army Quartermaster Corps wagons have?' was asked on another thread. To be honest, this isn't something I have studied and I think there are numerous answers to the question.

 

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https://southmountaincw.wordpress.c...f-monterey-pass-the-quartermasters-nightmare/

 

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http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/articles/means/wagon_trains.htmhtm

A Civil War supply wagon

 

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Belle Plain Pontoon Landing, Union Civil War Supply Depot.

 

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I think most Union Army wagons and ambulances were unmarked.

 

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City Point, Virginia. Supply wagons of 2d Brigade, 2d Corps.

 

[major bill]

It would seem like that once the forward rail head/base sent supply trains to an army that most of the wagons never made it back to the rail head/base. The armies would have broken down or damaged wagons and would have grabbed any wagons they needed. Also the mules pulling the wagons would have been needed to replace sick , injured or worn out mules. This would have left few mules to return the wagons to the supply bases.

Has anyone seen the percentage of wagons and mules/horse that returned back to a supply base?

 

[Seduzal]

Another interesting story, thanks for sharing.

 

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As a side note, some Artillery limbers were marked.

http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/gibson/other.php

 

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Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographer, Department of the South.

 

[DaveBrt]

It would seem like that once the forward rail head/base sent supply trains to an army that most of the wagons never made it back to the rail head/base. The armies would have broken down or damaged wagons and would have grabbed any wagons they needed. Also the mules pulling the wagons would have been needed to replace sick , injured or worn out mules. This would have left few mules to return the wagons to the supply bases.

Has anyone seen the percentage of wagons and mules/horse that returned back to a supply base?

In the Confederate Department of East Tennessee outgoing letterbook there is recorded an 1862 exchange:
1st letter: I need an emergency food supply.
2nd letter: 80 wagons left today with flour for you
3rd letter (a week later): What happened to my wagons? The resupply was of flour, not of wagons! Send them back!