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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 10 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

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

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

N. A. M. Dudley pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324102]
Identifier: MSS SC 2480
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 31 Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Dudley received while serving in the Tenth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October 31

Pitcairn Morrison pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324128]
Identifier: MSS SC 2482
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 30 Sept. 1858. The item documents the pay Morrison received while serving as a lieutenant of the Seventh United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 September 30

Joseph Pike Potter pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324094]
Identifier: MSS SC 2479
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 31 Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Potter received while serving as a captain of the Seventh United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October 31

Jesse Lee Reno letter at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238526]
Identifier: MSS SC 346
Scope and Contents

ALS which mentions the forwarding of requisitions from the 5th and 10th Infantry Regiments for new rifled muskets. Discusses defective muskets and defective saddles. Mention is also made of a Lieutenant Shunk who is to be reimbursed for his purchase of military supplies.

Dates: 1858

Charles Ferguson Smith pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324110]
Identifier: MSS SC 2481
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated the "Last" day of Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Smith received while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October 31

Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert pay voucher

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324144]
Identifier: MSS SC 2484
Scope and Contents

Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated 28 Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Torbert received while serving as a second lieutenant of the Fifth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.

Dates: 1858 October 28

John Bates Warall letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312305]
Identifier: MSS SC 1392
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter written at Camp Floyd, Utah and addressed to Colonel Daniel Ruggles at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Warall gives a general report on the condition and activities of the camp which includes the establishment of musical bands, temperance societies, masonic lodges, and other organizations and events promoting morale among the soldiers.

Dates: 1859