Leon C. Gaylord papers 1898-1900

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Leon C. Gaylord papers 1898-1900

Correspondence from Gaylord while in the Phillipines during the Spanish American War. Included in his letters are hand drawn maps of the Manila Bay area.

1 box; .5 linear ft.

eng,

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Gaylord, Leon C.

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Leon C. Gaylord was born in 1860 in New Haven, Michigan. During Leon's youth he and his older sister Eva were raised by their maternal grandparents, John and Eliza Griswold who lived in Chesaning, Michigan. During the 1880s Leon worked as a clerk in his grandfather's hardware supply store. On December 25, 1882 Leon married Nettie B. Wood in Chesaning. In 1898 Leon enlisted in the 1st Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry, Band Company, to fight in the Spanish American War. ...

Westfall, Eva.

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Smith, William C., 1837-1899

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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...

Standard, E. H.

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