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United States. Army

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1784

Administrative History

The United States Army, previously known as the American Continental Army, was established by the Congress of the Confederation in 1784.

Citation:
Brown, Jerry, 1936- Narushenie poverkhnosti i ee zashchita pri osvoenii Severa, 1981: p. 3 (Laboratorii͡a Armii SShA po izuchenii͡u kholodnykh regionov KRREL)

Genizi, H. Yoʻets u-meḳim, 1987: t.p. (Tsava ha-Ameriḳani)

Probable trend and magnitude of Soviet expenditures for national security purposes, 1969: t.p. (U.S. Army)

U.S. gov't org. man., 1978/79, p. 199 (The American Continental Army, now called the United States Army, was established by the Continental Congress, June 14, 1775)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin E. Hunt ledger book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288742]
Identifier: Vault MSS 350
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a ledger book. The ledgers record the pay of United States Army troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Dates: 1877-1880

Douglass McKay letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347731]
Identifier: MSS 1292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 11 Dec. 1918, and written in Villiers Sur Maren, France. McKay writes to "Dear Guy" and states that he is packed up and ready to go home. McKay expected that he would be back in the United States for Christmas and home in Utah shortly afterwards.

Dates: 1918

Zebulon Montgomery Pike letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286712]
Identifier: Vault MSS 132
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated March 13, 1813, and addressed to General M. L. Woolsey in Plattsburgh, New York. The item was written from Sackets Harbor. Pike writes concerning supplies necessary for an invasion.

Dates: 1813

J. C. Wilson letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232925]
Identifier: MSS 709
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters with typewritten copies. Wilson applies for his bounty for joining the army in Illinois. He also writes three letters about army life while stationed in Tennessee in November of 1864. Two of the letters were addressed to Samuel Kirkpatrick in Illinois. Also included is a letter to Kirkpatrick and his tax receipt for 1871.

Dates: 1864-1875