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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 142 Collections and/or Records:

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

Eugene E. Campbell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2012
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of the personal papers of Eugene Campbell (1915-1986). It includes correspondence, research notes, school works, photographs, and rough drafts of publications.

Dates: 1909-1986

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

Robert M. Cannon photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 624
Scope and Contents

Robert M. Cannon was a Commanding General of the Sixth United States Army based in Presidio of San Francisco, California.

Dates: 1935-1969

E. V. Carter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 405
Scope and Contents Handwritten record (plus photocopies) of Carter's journey frm Ohio to St. Louis via Wisconsin. ALS's dated Oct. 15, 24, 1845 (plus photocopies) to his wife, Mary Hine Carter, are revised transcripts of diary. Diary entry for November 13 describes a visit to the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.This is a journal kept by E.V. Carter during his journey from Tallmadge, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. He wrote of a lecturer, "Mr. Little John," at a Methodist house in White Pigeon Prarie,...
Dates: 1845

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

John Gorham Chandler letter and news article

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233782]
Identifier: MSS SC 113
Scope and Contents

ALS to his mother in which Chandler tells of troop plans to set out for California during the wars with the Pacific Coast Indians. He describes his clothing, bedding, and tentative itinerary of the journey. The newspaper article announces the departure of the Third Regiment of Artillery for California.

Dates: 1854

Clinton Larson army attire and equipment, 1912-1919

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7580 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Three cartons containing Clinton Larson's WWI army attire and equipment, including leather leggings, three hats, a jacket, belts, and other various related items.

Dates: 1912-1919

Clinton Larson books, 1909-1980

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7580 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains books related to various aspects of Clinton Larson's life and career, including religion, athletics, coaching, secondary and college education, Boy Scouting, various events (the Olympics and World's Fair), and the United States Army.

Dates: Publication: 1909-1980

Clinton Larson trophies and medals, 1913-1928

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7580 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains trophies and medals won by Clinton Larson in various athletic competitions throughout his athletic career, the majority of them in the running high jump events, and ribbons, pins, and medals awarded Clinton Larson by the United States Army and the Boy Scouts of America.

Dates: 1913-1928