Question for the vets here (or anyone who has a good answer for that matter).
Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but I've been searching on and off for days.
I'm trying to find out more about the history of pre-industrial military logistics. What was carried, how it was packed, what types of were issued for shorter terms (where more perishable items could be made available) and longer term (where preservation becomes crucial), etc. etc. As for time period, anything from the Napoleonic Wars/war of 1812, endless small and medium wars of the 18th century, War of Independence (though a lot of the Colonial support was purely local), Pike & Shot era, or even the late medieval period would be nice (part of what I'm ignorant about is just how much military supply has changed from say, 1350 to 1850).
Ideally, I'd love to find some detailed primary source manifests/quartermaster lists/whatever, with data from at least two distinct time periods. But at this point I'll take what I can get.
There's some modern information online from WWII, Korea/Vietnam, and more recent wars (the majority of info is about post-1990 logistics & supply), but I can't find anything older. Maybe I just haven't hit the right search term yet, but I haven't found much worth a damn. I know this has little to do with modern regular service (and I doubt any of you actually know the information I'm looking for), but I was wondering if one of the surprisingly large number of vets we have here know a military source I could start looking at. Anything really - just something to give me a starting point.
I imagine I'll actually have to go out and hunt up primary sources at major libraries/Fort York downtown or something, but I thought I'd take a stab in the dark here first as a last-ditch attempt to find online resources.