Lucius B. Northrop
Confederate States Army officer
Died when: 82 years 154 days (989 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Lucius Bellinger Northrop (September 8, 1811 – February 9, 1894), was the Commissary-General of the armed forces of the Confederate States of America.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, such as Andersonville.
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