Military officer in the United States and Confederate States Armies (1811-1889) who served as the Confederacy's first acting quartermaster-general. As president of the military board, Myers helped design the first Confederate Army uniform: ‘a blue flannel shirt, gray flannel pants, a red flannel undershirt, cotton drawers, wool socks, boots, and a cap.’ Civil War-dated LS signed “A. Myers,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, Confederate States of America (Quartermaster General's Office) letterhead, April 30, 1862. Letter to Colonel Legh Wilbur Reid of the 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in full: “Your telegram of yesterday, asking if Captain G. Reedman, had been assigned as Qr. Master to the 36th Va. regiment — has been received. In reply you are informed that, Captain B. S. Thompson is borne on the rolls of the Army as Asst. Qr. Master of that regiment, and that, Captain Reedman’s name does not appear as an officer of the Department. Should Captain Thompson be absent from his regiments, I will thank you to inform me the cause, and, how long absent.” In fine condition, with a few small stains. Accompanied by a 43-page booklet by Walter E. Burke, Jr., entitled ‘Quartermaster: A Brief Account of the Life of Colonel Abraham Charles Myers, Quartermaster General C.S.A.,” published in 1976.
