United States Military RailroadThe U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress of 31 January 1862 authorized President Abraham Lincoln to seize control of the railroads and telegraph for military use in January 1862. In practice, however, the USMRR restricted its authority to Southern rail lines captured in the course of the war.
Army Transport ServiceThe United StatesArmy Transport Service (ATS) was established as a sea-going transport service that was independent of the Navy Department. ATS operated army transport ships for both troop transport and cargo service between United States ports and overseas posts. This service is often confused with the Army Transportation Service, created in France in 1917 to manage transport.
United States Army Quartermaster CorpsThe Quartermaster Corps (QM), formerly known as the Quartermaster Department, is the sustainment branch of the United States Army. As such, it acts as quartermaster to the army. The Quartermaster School (QMS) is a subordinate command of the Combined Arms Support Command. The QMS trains soldiers, civilians, and members of other services and nations in quartermaster skills and functions.
United States ArmyLand service branch of the U.S. militaryMilitary unitThe United States Army (U.S. Army) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one of the six armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
United States Army Ordnance CorpsThe Ordnance Corps, known as the Ordnance Department from 1812 to 1950, is a sustainment branch of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army combat units with weapons and ammunition, including at times, their procurements and maintenance. Along with the Quartermaster Corps and Transportation Corps, it forms a critical component of the U.S. Army logistics system.
Combat service supportThe term combat service support (or CSS) is utilized by numerous military organizations throughout the world to describe entities that provide direct and indirect sustainment services to the groups that engage (or are potentially to be engaged) in combat.
Spanish–American War1898 conflict between Spain and the United StatesBelligerentsUnited StatesSupported by:Cuban Liberation ArmyPhilippine Revolutionary ArmySpainCommanders and leadersWilliam McKinleyRussell A. AlgerJohn Davis LongNelson A. MilesTheodore RooseveltWilliam ShafterFitzhugh LeeGeorge DeweyWilliam SampsonWesley MerrittJoseph WheelerCharles SigsbeeMáximo GómezCalixto GarcíaDemetrio DuanyEmilio AguinaldoApolinario MabiniBaldomero AguinaldoAntonio LunaPráxedes Mateo SagastaPatricio MontojoPascual CerveraArsenio LinaresManuel de la CámaraManuel MacíasRamón BlancoAntero RubínArsenio MartínezValeriano WeylerJosé ToralBasilio AugustínFermín JáudenesDiego de los RíosStrengthTotal: 300,000 256,000 Army personnel (including volunteers) 53,000 40,000Total: 339,783 (only 20–25 percent of the army capable of field operations) 288,452 (Caribbean) 278,447 in Cuba (only 2,820 engaged in major land battles)10,005 in Puerto Rico 51,331 (Philippines)Casualties and lossesTotal: 4,119American:2,446 dead 369 soldiers killed10 sailors killed6 Marines killed2,061 dead from disease1,662 wounded11 captured1 cargo ship sunk1 cruiser damagedTotal: 56,400–56,600Spanish:15,700–15,800 dead 200 soldiers killed500–600 sailors killed15,000 dead from disease700–800 wounded40,000+ captured6 small ships sunk11 cruisers sunk2 destroyers sunkThe Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was an armed conflict fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.
QuartermasterQuartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service. In land armies, a quartermaster is an officer or enlisted soldier who supervises logistics and requisitions, manages stores or barracks, and distributes supplies and provisions. In many navies, a quartermaster is a seaman or petty officer with responsibility for navigation and operation of the helm of a ship.
LogisticsLogistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers, and a logistician is a professional working in the field of logistics management. Logistics management is a component that holds the supply chain together.
City-class ironcladThe Pook Turtles, or City-class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. They were also sometimes referred to as "Eads gunboats." The labels are applied to seven vessels of uniform design built from the keel up in Carondelet, Missouri shipyards owned by James Buchanan Eads. Eads was a wealthy St. Louis industrialist who risked his fortune in support of the Union.Fort Lee (military base)Fort Lee is a United States Army post mostly in unincorporated Prince George County, Virginia, and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment University (ALU), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).
American Civil WarBelligerentsUnited StatesConfederate StatesCommanders and leadersAbraham LincolnXUlysses S. GrantAndrew Johnsonand others...Jefferson Davis(POW)Robert E. Leeand others...Strength698,000 at peak2,200,000 total360,000 at peak750,000–1,000,000 totalCasualties and losses110,000+ KIA or DOW230,000+ died from accidents or disease25,000–30,000 died in Confederate prisons365,000+ total dead282,000+ wounded181,193 captured828,000+ total casualties94,000+ KIA or DOW164,000+ died from…*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.