sutler

1 With these words Jack wended his way to a remote part of the fair ground, where, under gay awnings, the sutlers had spread their tempting variety of cakes, pies, fruits, nuts and loaves.

2 One tent bore a sutler sign - the traveling salesmen of the time who followed soldiers to peddle provisions.

3 Startled as Noel Curtis was by the sight of the little sutler, whom he believed to be true to neither side, his feeling speedily gave way to a great rush of anger.

4 The profit of the sutler, which, according to the list of charges, ought to be limited to a tenth, reached as much as five hundred per cent.

5 The eyes of the angry sutler snapped, as he turned sharply upon the young soldier.

6 They here obtained the much desired whisky, and excited by liquor, they boldly began preparations to attack another sutler who was unpopular.

7 Weigel’s might have been purchased from one of the traveling vendors, or “sutlers,” who followed the armies.

8 He had hardly time to finish the words when the sutler himself came galloping over the parade, "hot foot," on his wiry mustang, and drew up in front of the gate.

9 The event brings re-enactors setting up military and civilian camps that include soldiers, sutlers, musicians and more.

10 His duty was to see that all military rules were obeyed; that all sutlers and purveyors were licensed, and to confiscate all rebel property that was fortunate enough to fall into our hands.

11 A vast amount of supplies was stored at City Point for the use of our armies; sutlers were in abundance and City Point in reality soon became a city.

12 Sutlers, the roving merchants of that time will sell period articles.

13 Sut′ling, pertaining to sutlers: engaged in the occupation of a sutler.

14 The sutler knew me, and motioned to me to come in; so I got permission of the officer in charge to go in and see him.

15 Huge heaps of uprooted trees and tangled brushwood it deposited along its shores as far down even as the fort, but nothing was carried below the sutler's.

16 Now, you know that I am no guerrilla, but a regularly authorized sutler in the 2d Arkansas Cavalry.

17 The banquet was set out in the sutler’s own house, which, as already mentioned, stood outside the stockade, several hundred yards off, and near to the edge of the woods.

18 Facing mounting gambling debts, the younger Monroe sold Thompson to John Culbertson, a sutler who moved to Fort Snelling in 1827 to sell goods to soldiers and brought Thompson with him.

19 John B. Cecil, reputed federal army sutler and coming with the influx from fecund Ohio, was elected treasurer.

20 "Hello, Levi," called Dennis, as he and Noel passed the sutler's tent.