Ezra Ayers Carman papers, 1828-1934, bulk (1861-1909).

Confederate States of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz25g7 (corporateBody)

During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

United States. Department of Agriculture

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p66cd9 (corporateBody)

The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg4gnh (person)

Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Carman, Ezra Ayers, 1834-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p3xzc (person)

Ezra Ayers Carman (1834-1909) was a Civil War veteran and a recognized authority on the Battle of Antietam. From the description of Ezra Ayers Carman genealogical research papers, 1816, 1860-1931. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 317396328 U.S. Army officer, civil servant, and author. From the description of Ezra Ayers Carman papers, 1861-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981813 Ezra Ayers Carman (1834-1909) was a Civil War officer int...

Carman, Louis D. (Louis Dale), 1860-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw1gxz (person)

United States. Pension Bureau

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d6w8r (corporateBody)

Bureau responsible for sending out war pensions. From the description of Pension and certificate, 1903 Oct. 26. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24273584 Brady was born in Batavia, N.Y., 14 Feb. 1847. He enlisted 25 July 1862, at Batavia, to serve three years. Mustered in as a drummer, Co. F., 28th Regiment, N.Y.S. Volunteers. Transferred to Co. D, 10th Maine Volunteers, 3 June 1863. The 10th Maine Volunteers consolidated with the 29th Maine in Dec. 1863...

Boynton, Henry V. (Henry Van), 1835-1905

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6280gv6 (person)

Soldier, author, and educator. From the description of George V. Boynton papers, 1897-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 124036613 American soldier and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Mr. Crosby, Chief Clerk of the War Dept., [no year] Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131820 ...

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

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...

United States. War Department

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp8swh (corporateBody)

Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

United States. Navy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m0zj8 (corporateBody)

Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...