Lee's army plundered supplies all over south-central Pennsylvania, and large elements of it passed through northern Adams County, headed toward Gettysburg from Carlisle. Lee issued orders that any supplies taken were to be paid for, but of course the payment was in Confederate currency, which was worthless in Pennsylvania. I haven't seen any specific references to Quakers being victimized, but with thousands of Confederate soldiers in the neighborhood, it's hard to believe that anyone escaped. And it's conceivable that the abolitionist sympathies of Friends might have excited heightened Confederate antipathy. Tom Hamm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Cooke" <cookerl3@aol.com> To: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:49:39 PM Subject: [Q-R] Damage Claims List, I was recently shown records of damage claims filed in Adams & York Counties, Pa., following the Civil War in 1868. The Quaker Jesse Cook in Latimore twp., Adams Co., filed a claim for $300.00, the most of all the Cook's listed. I've only seen these claims from the Revolutionary War on farms known to have been involved in some way. I do not know of any fighting in northern Adams Co., during the Civil War, so these records are probably for items stolen from the farm? Were Confederate soldiers roaming Adams Co., looking for supplies? Is anyone familiar with these claims and what they stand for? There was a claim filed for $175.00 by Josiah Cook (1805-1880) in Flora Dale (Quaker Valley) just west of SR 34, across the road from Cyrus Griest's farm "Springdale" and Thomas Evans Cook (1811-1878) filed a claim for $195.00 in Menallen twp., just east of SR 34. These three farms are less than a mile apart. Is it known if Confederate soldiers were stealing from the Quakers in Adams Co.? Thanks, Robert Cooke ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As a Southerner, and a Quaker, I just want to be sure the "books are balanced". Plundering was rife on both sides, the Blue and the Gray. Victory in war was not just marked by territory gained and the number of enemy killed, it was also measured by the material taken from the enemy. The Official Records of the Civil War are filled with accounts of the amount of booty taken by Rebels and Union Soldiers. We usually think of plundering in terms of household items, jewelry, etc. The greatest amount of plunder was livestock: oxen, horses, hogs, cows, poultry, etc. Food stuff was also included in the plunder: corn, sweet potatoes, etc. I suspect Quaker Jesse Cook's claim for $300.00 was more for livestock and much less for household silver, clocks, pewter, etc., and for personal items such jewelry, rings, watches etc. Gordon Trueblood > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:01:48 -0400 > From: tomh@earlham.edu > To: cookerl3@aol.com > CC: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] Damage Claims > > Lee's army plundered supplies all over south-central Pennsylvania, and large elements of it passed through northern Adams County, headed toward Gettysburg from Carlisle. Lee issued orders that any supplies taken were to be paid for, but of course the payment was in Confederate currency, which was worthless in Pennsylvania. > > I haven't seen any specific references to Quakers being victimized, but with thousands of Confederate soldiers in the neighborhood, it's hard to believe that anyone escaped. And it's conceivable that the abolitionist sympathies of Friends might have excited heightened Confederate antipathy. > > Tom Hamm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Cooke" <cookerl3@aol.com> > To: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:49:39 PM > Subject: [Q-R] Damage Claims > > > List, > > I was recently shown records of damage claims filed in Adams & York Counties, Pa., following the Civil War in 1868. The Quaker Jesse Cook in Latimore twp., Adams Co., filed a claim for $300.00, the most of all the Cook's listed. I've only seen these claims from the Revolutionary War on farms known to have been involved in some way. I do not know of any fighting in northern Adams Co., during the Civil War, so these records are probably for items stolen from the farm? Were Confederate soldiers roaming Adams Co., looking for supplies? Is anyone familiar with these claims and what they stand for? > > There was a claim filed for $175.00 by Josiah Cook (1805-1880) in Flora Dale (Quaker Valley) just west of SR 34, across the road from Cyrus Griest's farm "Springdale" and Thomas Evans Cook (1811-1878) filed a claim for $195.00 in Menallen twp., just east of SR 34. These three farms are less than a mile apart. > > Is it known if Confederate soldiers were stealing from the Quakers in Adams Co.? > > Thanks, > Robert Cooke > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Both Union and Confederate armies "requisitioned" supplies from the rural farmer and land owner...generally with a blind-eye to the political sympathy of the owner. If the either army needed supplies and did not have them, they were requisitioned from the locals regardless of political affiliation or sympathy. In the seceded southern states (where 95% of the war's troop movement and occupation took place), supplies and livestock from farms on southern soil was "requisitioned" by both armies. In Texas, where I live, the Confederate appointed Quartermasters who were in charge of "gathering supplies" for the army relied totally on the citizen farmers for their supplies which were in turn shipped "to the front". I am sure the locals didn't like it...but wartime government orders that gave the Quartermasters the ability to "take the goods". Bottomline....if an Army in the field needed it, they took it. I am not sure if Robert's original post refers to the type of claim referenced below....but a great deal of this type of info can be found out there, see below. It takes a lot of food, supplies, and horse-power to keep an army on the move. During the Civil War, it was customary for soldiers to show up at someone's farm or residence and requisition whatever their regiment needed. In 1864, the U.S. government started to officially recognize claims by its citizens for reimbursement of these necessities. Yet it was not until 1871, six years after the Civil War ended, and after public emotions about the war had calmed, that the government decided to do something to address the considerable number of requests from all its citizens, including those in the south. Through an act of Congress on March 3, 1871, the Southern Claims Commission, also known as the Commissioners of Claims, was created. Three commissioners, appointed by the president, were compelled to "receive, examine, and consider the claims of those citizens who remained loyal adherents to the cause and the government of the United States during the war, for stores or supplies taken or furnished during the rebellion." Many claims were quickly dismissed. They can be found in a publication entitled Barred and Disallowed Case Files. The rest are collected by state under the title of Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims 1871-1880. Often, those loyal to the Union who provisioned the troops were ultimately denied reparations, even though their claims for compensation were approved. More than twenty thousand claims were filed by the March 3, 1873, deadline. Evidence supporting the claims, which included depositions, testimonials from neighbors and family, receipts, and personal interviews, had to be filed by March 10, 1879. This gave the commission, and the growing ranks of special agents required for it to complete its work, six years to finish the job. Out of the 22,298 claims filed, less than a third (7,092) perfectly satisfied the commission's stringent requirements for loyalty, as well as proof of the value, ownership, and military nature of the possessions taken. Of the amounts claimed, totaling over $60 million, just over $4.6 million, or 7.7%, were approved and paid. Bacon, fodder, mules, horses, and hogs seem to appear most often on the lists of claimed items. Saddles, cordwood, carriages, and buggies are not unusual. One man and his cohorts requested compensation for a church edifice used to house troops in Alabama. His claim was disallowed. Whether the claimants' requests were accepted or rejected, the files are instructive, as well as entertaining to read. They are filled with first-person accounts of how average civilians participated in the war, the circumstances surrounding the dispossession of property, and descriptions of wartime not often revealed in history texts. Most claimants had to answer a long list of pre-determined questions. Even the summation report, submitted by the investigators, are often candid and revealing parts of the story. These records can be viewed at www.fold3.com (pay site). Vince King Denton, TX -----Original Message----- From: quaker-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quaker-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Trueblood Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:31 PM To: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] Damage Claims As a Southerner, and a Quaker, I just want to be sure the "books are balanced". Plundering was rife on both sides, the Blue and the Gray. Victory in war was not just marked by territory gained and the number of enemy killed, it was also measured by the material taken from the enemy. The Official Records of the Civil War are filled with accounts of the amount of booty taken by Rebels and Union Soldiers. We usually think of plundering in terms of household items, jewelry, etc. The greatest amount of plunder was livestock: oxen, horses, hogs, cows, poultry, etc. Food stuff was also included in the plunder: corn, sweet potatoes, etc. I suspect Quaker Jesse Cook's claim for $300.00 was more for livestock and much less for household silver, clocks, pewter, etc., and for personal items such jewelry, rings, watches etc. Gordon Trueblood > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:01:48 -0400 > From: tomh@earlham.edu > To: cookerl3@aol.com > CC: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] Damage Claims > > Lee's army plundered supplies all over south-central Pennsylvania, and large elements of it passed through northern Adams County, headed toward Gettysburg from Carlisle. Lee issued orders that any supplies taken were to be paid for, but of course the payment was in Confederate currency, which was worthless in Pennsylvania. > > I haven't seen any specific references to Quakers being victimized, but with thousands of Confederate soldiers in the neighborhood, it's hard to believe that anyone escaped. And it's conceivable that the abolitionist sympathies of Friends might have excited heightened Confederate antipathy. > > Tom Hamm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Cooke" <cookerl3@aol.com> > To: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:49:39 PM > Subject: [Q-R] Damage Claims > > > List, > > I was recently shown records of damage claims filed in Adams & York Counties, Pa., following the Civil War in 1868. The Quaker Jesse Cook in Latimore twp., Adams Co., filed a claim for $300.00, the most of all the Cook's listed. I've only seen these claims from the Revolutionary War on farms known to have been involved in some way. I do not know of any fighting in northern Adams Co., during the Civil War, so these records are probably for items stolen from the farm? Were Confederate soldiers roaming Adams Co., looking for supplies? Is anyone familiar with these claims and what they stand for? > > There was a claim filed for $175.00 by Josiah Cook (1805-1880) in Flora Dale (Quaker Valley) just west of SR 34, across the road from Cyrus Griest's farm "Springdale" and Thomas Evans Cook (1811-1878) filed a claim for $195.00 in Menallen twp., just east of SR 34. These three farms are less than a mile apart. > > Is it known if Confederate soldiers were stealing from the Quakers in Adams Co.? > > Thanks, > Robert Cooke > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message