United States. Army
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 18 Collections and/or Records:
Morris A. Shirts military correspondence, 1944-1995
Contains correspondence, diaries about his war experience, and other material related to Shirts' time in the military. Material dates from 1943-1995.
Zachary Taylor note
Handwritten and signed note dated Jan. 3, 1835. Taylor acknowledges the receipt of extra whiskey for ten men at Fort Crawford who performed one day extra duty.
Zebulon Montgomery Pike letter
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.
Jesse Lee Reno letter at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory
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.
A. I. Terrell letter
Handwritten letter dated 26 July 1848 and addressed to Abel Hagerty in Witumpka, Alabama. The item was written in Brazos, Texas. Terrell describes his journey by steamship from New Orleans. Terrell came in an attemp to invest in surplus Mexican War stock, equipment, and supplies, especially horses which their company planed to drive overland to New Orleans after purchasing them from the United States government.
Thomas Williams correspondence
Correspondence includes letters written to Mary Neohso Bailey Williams or "Moddie", Williams' wife.
J. C. Wilson letters
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.
William Jenkins Worth letter
Handwritten and signed letter. This item was written at the headquarters of the Irish brigade at Corpus Christi, Texas on February 24, 1846 and is addressed to Zachary Taylor. Worth defends his actions in the field and explains that he cannot render himself subject to the appropriate authority.