Shipped by Rail from Philadelphia to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, July 8, 1863

Offered here is a printed "List of Quartermaster's Stores" documenting fresh horses rushed by rail to the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Maryland, on July 8, 1863, just five days after the close of the Battle of Gettysburg, as the army pursued Lee's retreating forces toward the Potomac.

The document records stores forwarded by Capt. A. Boyd, Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Army, at Philadelphia, to the Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, shipped by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company. Listed are:

38 Cavalry Horses at $140 each – Good

20 Artillery Horses at $150 each – Good

The certification at the foot of the form is signed by Boyd as Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.A., and the form is marked "duplicates."

After the hard marching and fighting of the Gettysburg Campaign, the army's cavalry and artillery were badly in need of fresh horses, and remounts were sent forward from depots in the North to replace the worn and broken-down animals being turned in at Frederick. This document records that effort in action, and the prices listed offer a nice look at the value the government placed on a good cavalry horse versus a heavier artillery horse in the summer of 1863.

The reverse is docketed "Abst. E, July 1863, List of Stores Received from Capt. A. Boyd, A.Q.M., Philadelphia, Pa."

Condition: Single sheet with a central horizontal fold. Light toning and minor spotting, with some ink show-through visible on the reverse. Bright, clean, and fully legible.

An outstanding cavalry and artillery horse document from the Gettysburg Campaign.   [cm][ph:L]

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