Zenas Randall BlissPapers 1854-1898

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Zenas Randall BlissPapers 1854-1898

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Correspondence, diaries,printed material, photographs, drawings and military artifacts primarilydocument Z. R. Bliss' military career before during and after the Civil War inTexas and elsewhere in the South. Reminiscences document Bliss' service andimprisonment, as well as mundane military duties.

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Bliss, Zenas R. (Zenas Randall), 1898-1993

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Born in Rhode Island, Zenas Randall Bliss (1933-1900) left his home state in 1850 for his appointment to West Point Military Academy. Bliss' military career began with his assignment to duty as a brevet second lieutenant in the First Infantry at the completion of his training in 1854. Sent to Texas, Bliss served at Fort Duncan until 1855, when he was promoted to second lieutenant and transferred to an Eighth Infantry position at Fort Davis. Bliss was promoted again to lieutenant in 1860 and then...

Bliss, Zenas R. (Zenas Randall), 1835-1900

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8th U.S. Infantry, 1854-1861; prisoner of war, Texas, 1861-1862; colonel, 7th and 10th Rhode Island Infantry, 1862-1865; major, 30th U.S. Infantry, 1856-1869; lt. colonel, 25th U.S. Infantry, 1869-1877; commanded Dept. of Texas, 1895-1897; retired as major general, 1897. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Joshua M.] Addeman, [18]99 April 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327742 Born in Rhode Island, Zenas Randall Bliss (193...