What is "sutlers"

Usage examples of "sutlers".

With the two larger bags, I expect you to improve the appearances of your officers, nor will you have to search far, forimpending battle or no impending battlea host of sutlers and merchants have opened for business along both sides of the road just north of the castra, along with armorers, tailors, whores, pimps, gamblers, bootmakers, horse traders, farriers, fortunetellers, and thieves.

Captured sutlers, teamsters, and all civilians in the actual service of either party, to be exchanged for persons in similar positions.

In the first batch that went away were two of the leading sutlers at Andersonville, who had accumulated perhaps one thousand dollars each by their shrewd and successful bartering.

The sutlers, to whom I have alluded above, had accumulated sufficient to supply themselves with all the necessaries and some of the comforts of life, during any probable term of imprisonment, and still have a snug amount left, but they, would rather give it all up and return to service with their regiments in the field, than take the chances of any longer continuance in prison.

With the army, too, were sutlers and merchants, salesmen of patent medicines, friars and priests.