Horace Bumstead collection of documents concerning ordnance of the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops, 1864-1865.

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Horace Bumstead collection of documents concerning ordnance of the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops, 1864-1865.

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Documents concerning reports on ordnance and ordnance stores (military weapons), filed by Major Horace Bumstead while an officer with the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops.

1 box (.3 linear ft.)

eng,

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383340

Houghton Library

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United States. Army. Ordnance Dept.

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Ordnance department established by Congress in 1812. Office responsible for design, procurement, storage, supply, and maintenance of munitions and combat vehicles. From the description of Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance [microform], 1812-1912. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40828498 The accounting statements of the U.S. Arsenal at Greenleaf's Point and Fort Belle Fontaine exemplify the Army's ordnance needs in the early years of th...

Bumstead, Horace, 1841-1919

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Horace Bumstead (1841-1919) was the son of Josiah Freeman Bumstead, a Boston merchant, and Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Yale College (Class of 1863) and became a Congregationalist minister and educator. During the Civil War, Bumstead was commissioned as a Major for the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops where he served from April 1864 to December 1865. He later joined the faculty of Atlanta University and served as their second president from...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 43rd (1864-1865)

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S. W. Shedd.

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Horace Bumstead.

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...