John Coddington Kinney letters, 1862-1864.

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John Coddington Kinney letters, 1862-1864.

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Letters from Kinney to a young, female friend in Connecticut provide detailed descriptions of his military service on Ship Island, in occupied New Orleans, and in the 4th Division under command of General Cuvier Grover during the Red River Expedition. Provides observations and opinions regarding Federal generals, skirmishes in the Thibodaux area, camp life, Battle of Irish Bend, and more. Two letters (1864) describe Kinney's assignment, training, and duties in the Signal Corps and a hunting and fishing trip through the swamps of Dauphin Island.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Kinney, John Coddington, 1839-1891

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John Kinney, a Yale University graduate, was a Union officer in the 13th Connecticut Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps. From the description of John Coddington Kinney letters, 1862-1864. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122520223 ...

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...