sutler

thumb|1906 Adrien Moreau painting depicting a sutler serving French Imperial Army soldiers thumb|A sutler (right) at a party of British Dragoons and French [[Zouaves, Crimean War, 1855]] thumb|Sutler's tent at the siege of Petersburg during the [[American Civil War]]

A sutler or victualer is a civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army in the field, in camp, or in quarters. Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote military outposts. Sutler wagons were associated with the military, while chuckwagons served a similar purpose for civilian wagon trains and outposts.