(1811- 1894) Confederate Commissary-General of the Appointed by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, a personal friend, Northrop was responsible for the logistics and supply chain that transported food, clothing, and forage to the Southern armies of the American Civil War, particularly the Army of Northern Virginia. Northrop was also responsible for supplying the prison camps that housed Federal prisoners-of-war. Rare war-date manuscript L.S. as Commissary General on C.S.A. 'Subsistence Department' letterhead, 1p. 4to., Richmond, Aug. 14, 1863 to Major P. W. White; Confederate Chief Commissary, Florida. Northrup orders: '...at once issue orders to all Officers and Agents...to make no publication of any kind whatsoever , which shall not have been submitted to you for your approval, as violations of good taste in this particular are frequently hurtful...' Some toning at right margin with a small ink-eroded hole in blank area, else near fine. Matted with a photo and set into a black wood frame with gold beading.