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Merchant at Fort Sanders

March 13, 2015Fort Sanders HistoryCavalrymanSteakhouse

is a picture of what appears to be a merchant at Fort Sanders and this could be one of the Sutler’s who had a store at the fort. At one point in time the Sutler was banned from selling alcohol as the troops were getting into way too much trouble in town.

Above is a picture of what appears to be a merchant  or a “sutler” at Fort Sanders. Sutlers were people who followed the army to sell provisions to its soldiers.  At one point in time, the sutlers were banned from selling alcohol to the troops at Fort Sanders, as they were getting into too much trouble in town.

Learn more about the history of Fort Sanders.

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