Papers, 1843-1933.

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Papers, 1843-1933.

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Correspondence and other papers of Ripley (b. 1797) and his family, including his sons, William Young Warren Ripley, Edward Hastings Ripley, and Charles Ripley, and his daughters, Mary Ripley Fisher and Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr, his grandson, Thomas Emerson Ripley, and other members of the family. Most of the papers are concerned with the Civil War, the Spanish American War, life in the Western U.S. after the Civil War, and life among the affluent classes of European society. Letters from Mary R. and Cyrus M. Fisher tell of their life in London where they circulated among members of the diplomatic colony and the aristocracy. Civil War and Spanish American War correspondence gives details of Army life as well as activities on the home front.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Ripley, William Young Warren, b. 1797.

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Marble dealer and banker of Centre Rutland, Vt. From the description of Papers, 1843-1933. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20121485 ...

Ripley family.

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Ripley, William Young Warren, b. 1832.

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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...

Ripley, Edward Hastings, 1839-1915

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Resident of Rutland, Vt. At outbreak of the Civil War, Ripley was a student at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; enlisted in the army in May 1862 and soon thereafter was commissioned captain of Company B, 9th Vermont Regiment. Captured with his regiment at Harpers Ferry and paroled shortly thereafter to spend the winter of 1862-1863 in Chicago, Ill. Promoted to major Mar. 20, 1863, Lt. Col., May 19, 1863, and Colonel June 1, 1863; brevetted to Brig. General and assigned command of a brigade. Wou...