Samuel D. Sturgis and family papers, 1846-1964.

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Samuel D. Sturgis and family papers, 1846-1964.

Correspondence, memoirs, genealogical data, and memorabilia concerning two generations of the Sturgis and related families.

2 folders, containing 16 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6708872

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Sturgis, Samuel Davis, 1822-1889

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Samuel Davis Sturgis (born June 11, 1822, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania – died September 28, 1889, St. Paul, Minnesota) was a senior officer of the United States Army. A veteran of the Mexican War, Civil War, and Indian Wars, he attained the rank of brevet major general. The city of Sturgis, South Dakota, is named for Samuel D. Sturgis. A sculpture of him mounted on horseback is located at the eastern entrance of the town on South Dakota Highway 34 and 79. The USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137),...

Sturgis, S. D. (Samuel Davis), 1897-1964

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Lieutenant general, United States Army; chief engineer, Sixth Army. From the description of Samuel Davis Sturgis letter, 1945, to his wife. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867869 Samuel Davis Sturgis, III (b. July 16, 1897, St. Paul, Minn.-d. July 5, 1964, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general, graduated from West Point in 1918. He taught mathematics at the Academy until assigned to the Philippines as Adjutant of the 14th Engineers. Returning to the Pacific area during Worl...

Lawler, John Dinan, 1856-1896.

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Sturges family.

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Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978

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American journalist and historian of the American Civil War. From the description of Bruce Catton papers, 1861-1865 and 1951-1961. (The Citadel, Daniel Library). WorldCat record id: 624071973 Bruce Catton (1899-1978), a Civil War historian, was a newspaper reporter in Cleveland and Boston before working for the War Production Board and the U.S. Department of Commerce during World War II. The first of his 15 Civil War histories was published in 1951. Catton's "A Stillness at ...

Pennington family.

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Bushnell family.

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Lawler, John, 1832-1891

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Sturgis, Jerusha Wilcox, 1827-1915.

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Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901

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Private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John George Nicolay autograph [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963388 A private secretary to Abraham Lincoln while he served as president and a biographer of Lincoln after his death. From the description of Letters, 1854-1899. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53040007 Private secretaries to President Abraham Linco...

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...

Wilcox family.

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Pillsbury, Eleanor Lawler, 1887-

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Dousman family.

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Brandebury family.

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