Miscellaneous manuscript collection, 1862-1883.

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Miscellaneous manuscript collection, 1862-1883.

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War tax book from Louisa County, Va., 1862, recording real estate, slaves, stocks, money, jewelry, carriages, and tax assessed; undated manuscript campaign speeches, possibly of U.S. Grant; and two letters by Col. Eugene A. Carr, 1883, concerning U.S. Army inquiry into question of exposing his troops to danger from hostile Indians at Fort Apache in 1881.

.3 cubic ft.

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Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Newburgh, N.Y. and vicinity. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524641 ...

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

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...

Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830-1910

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Carr was born in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, 19th in a class of 44 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, seeing his first bit of combat on October 3, 1854 against Apaches near the Sierra Diablo Mountains. By 1861 he had been promoted to captain (June 11, 1858) in the old 1st U.S. Cavalry (later designated the 4th U.S.) and comm...