Colonial sutlers (merchants) and scholars giving talks about the war are on site as well. Additional food was to be purchased from local traders or from sutlers. This provision covered military support contractors, civilian war correspondents, sutlers, etc. Soldiers stationed at forts with Belknap-appointed sutlers could only buy supplies through the authorized tradership. These businesses often play the part of historical sutlers while selling modern-day goods at reenactments. They served as sutlers to the American military and as Indian traders. Sutlers played a major role in the recreation of army men between 1865 and 1890.