United States Army in Texas Collection 1845-1866
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United States. Army. Quartermaster’s Dept.
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The United States Army Quartermaster Department (1775-present, reorganized and known from 1912 on as the Quartermaster Corps) is responsible for the transportation of supplies to the Army. During the Civil War, the Quartermaster Dept. supplied the Union Army with ordinance, horses, food, personnel and other necessities by railway, wagon and ironclad river boats. The Battle of Harper's Ferry centered around the capture of the Union supply camp in September 1862 by the Confederate Arm...
Smith, E. J.
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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...
Poor, Leander A.
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