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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 91 Collections and/or Records:

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

Robert James Coffey autobiography and poems

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1633
Scope and Contents

One bound volume and one loose volume of autobiographical notes, poems, and scrapbook materials along with photocopies of the collection. Coffey served in a Pennsylvania regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He participated in a large number of campaigns and gives detailed accounts of army life. There are also printed copies of many of the poems Coffey was able to publish.

Dates: 1861-1903

Collection of photographs of the West

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233602579]
Identifier: MSS P 130
Scope and Contents

Collection includes images of Denver (Colorado), Missoula (Montana), George A. Custer, Indian scouts, and other Western images.

Dates: approximately 1880-1969

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