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Amos Beebe Eaton collection 1822-1867 1822-1836 Eaton, Amos Beebe collection

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This collection contains letters that United States Army lieutenant (and later general) Amos Beebe Eaton wrote while training at the United States Military Academy and traveling in New York, Connecticut, Ohio, and Michigan. His early letters reflect the daily life of cadets at West Point in the mid-1820s, and his later letters to his wife provide family news, as well as information about the Army and contemporary politics.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Eaton, Amos Beebe, 1806-1877

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Amos Beebe Eaton (1806-1877) graduated from the US Military Academy in 1826, took part in the Seminole War in Florida and was with General Taylor's army of occupation in the Mexican War. He was in Benicia and San Francisco, CA, between 1853-55. During the Civil War he was purchasing commissary in New York City (1861-64) and commisary-general of subsistence in Washington, D.C. (1864-65). He retired in 1874. Eaton married Elizabeth Selden in 1831, and their son, Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895), late...

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Eaton, Elizabeth Selden, 1797-

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Amos Beebe Eaton was born in Catskill, New York, on May 12, 1806, the son of botanist Amos Eaton (1776-1842) and Sally Cady (1785-1816). He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1826, and served as a lieutenant during the Second Seminole War. He transferred to the Hancock Barracks near Houlton, Maine, where he was stationed between 1828 and January 1831. Eaton then served at Fort Niagara, New York, and Fort Gratiot, Michigan, where he worked a...

Cady, Tryphena

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Amos Beebe Eaton was born in Catskill, New York, on May 12, 1806, the son of botanist Amos Eaton (1776-1842) and Sally Cady (1785-1816). He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1826, and served as a lieutenant during the Second Seminole War. He transferred to the Hancock Barracks near Houlton, Maine, where he was stationed between 1828 and January 1831. Eaton then served at Fort Niagara, New York, and Fort Gratiot, Michigan, where he worked a...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...