George Graham letter, 1816.

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George Graham letter, 1816.

Letter by George Graham, Secretary of War, to Colonel Robert Butler, Adjutant General, Nashville, Tenn., referring to an incident involving American officers serving in an expedition to Barataria Bay, La.

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Graham, George, 1770-1830

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George Graham was born in Dumfries, Va., about 1772, and died in Washington in August, 1830. He graduated from Columbia College in 1790 and studied law. During the War of 1812 he commanded the "Fairfax Light-Horse." During the last two years of Madison's administration and until relieved by Calhoun, he was acting secretary of war. In 1818 he inspected General Lallemande's colonists at Orscaquies Bluffs on Trinity River and induced them to submit to the authority of the United States. He became p...

Butler, Robert, 1786-1860

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Robert Butler was Surveyor General of Florida and a colonel in the United States Army. He was the brother of Louisiana Judge Thomas Butler. From the description of Robert Butler poems, 1831-1853. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122335881 ...

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...