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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 73 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas J.C. Amory pay vouchers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324060]
Identifier: MSS SC 2476
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay vouchers dated 30 Sept. and 31 Oct. 1858. The items were created while Amory was serving with the United States Seventh Infantry at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October 31; 1858 September 30

An army of marksmen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317502]
Identifier: MSS SC 1860
Scope and Contents

Printed booklet and one typewritten manuscript of "An Army of Marksmen." The volume documents the United States Army's efforts to develop individual marksmanship by U.S. soldiers.

Dates: 1980-1981

Henry C. Bankhead pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324078]
Identifier: MSS SC 2477
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 3 Jan. 1858. The item documents the pay Bankhead received while serving as a lieutenant of the Fifth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 January 3

Biography and memorabilia of Robert Mylchrist Cannon

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 943
Scope and Contents

This collecion consists of 4 biographies, 2 resumes, awards, letters, magazine articles, and photocopied newspaper photos and articles referring to Cannon.

Dates: 1945-1976

Boots and saddles at the Little Bighorn

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322494]
Identifier: MSS SC 2654
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is about the equipment of George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry. The book draft was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1976

Walter Mason Camp photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233280335]
Identifier: MSS P 16
Scope and Contents Collection contains photographs of battlefields, groups of Native Americans, and portraits of notable individuals who were prominent in the Indian Wars including George A. Custer and other U.S. Army and Native American participants. Original prints (including albumen, cartes-de-visite, and cabinet cards), copy prints, postcards, halftones, engravings, and selected copy negatives prepared by the repository staff. The bulk of the collection was compiled by Walter Mason Camp and pertains almost...
Dates: 1862-1929

Edward Richard Sprigg Canby pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324136]
Identifier: MSS SC 2483
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Canby received while serving as a major of the Tenth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October

Cartoons lampooning the United States Army

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489549]
Identifier: MSS 565
Scope and Contents

Eleven reproduced pen-and-ink drawings on one sheet of paper. The cartoons are by an unknown author and poke fun at and lampoon the nature of life in the United States Army.

Dates: 1915

Wlliam H. Cowell journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315308]
Identifier: MSS SC 1802
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copies of a diary. The volume talks about Cowell's experiences in the US Army with the Ohio Volunteers including confrontations with Native Americans.

Dates: 1862-1864

E. H. Crowder letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238625]
Identifier: MSS SC 349
Scope and Contents

Typescripts (carbon copies) of legal and other correspondence written by Crowder in his capacity of Major and Judge Advocate.

Dates: 1897