Letter book, 1824-1827.

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Letter book, 1824-1827.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19106389

Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commanding colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, United States Army. The letters deal mainly with routine military matters such as courts-martial, supplies, recruitment, and reports. Among the correspondents are Samuel Cooper, John Adams Dix, Thomas Sidney Jessup, and Roger Jones.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6956584

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

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Dix was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire on July 24 1798, the son of Timothy Dix and Abigail Wilkins, and brother of composer Marion Dix Sullivan. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and joined the US Army as an ensign in May 1813, serving under his father until the latter's death a few months later. He attained the rank of captain in August 1825 and resigned from the Army in December 1828. In 1826, Dix married Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter of Congressman John J. Morgan, who g...

United States. Army. Artillery Regiment, 3rd

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Armistead, Walker Keith, 1783-1845

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Commanding officer, United States Army Artillery Regiment, 3rd., stationed in Upperville (Loudon County), Va. From the description of Letter book, 1824-1827. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19106389 From the description of Letter book, 1824-1827. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270424 ...

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

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Army officer. From the description of Orders of Samuel Cooper, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449910 Native of New Jersey, adjutant general in the U.S. Army, and adjutant general and inspector general in the Confederate Army. From the description of Samuel Cooper papers, 1775-1893 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24201832 Samuel Cooper was a native of New Jersey, adjutant general in the United States Army, and adjutant general and inspector gene...

Jessup, Thomas Sidney 1788-1860.

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Thomas Jessup was a general during the Second Seminole War. He is most famous for capturing Seminole leader Osceola under a flag of truce in 1837. After Osceola's capture Jessup continued the war effort, fighting the Battle of Loxahatchee in January of 1838. By May of that year Jessup asked and was granted relief of command by Zachary Taylor. From the description of Thomas Jessup Orders Book, 1838. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 184843139 From the guide to the ...

Jones, Roger Beauchamp Spencer 1947-1986

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Roger Jones discusses how his family was able to sell tobacco in Calloway County, Kentucky during the time of the Night Riders. He recalls how the price of tobacco remained fairly stable in the county after the Night Riders were organized. Jones explains that everyone could work and vote in Calloway County regardless of race. He remarked that Marshall County was quite different regarding race than in Calloway County. Jones also mentioned that the leader of the Night Riders was known to have kill...