Letters, 1863.

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Letters, 1863.

Civil War letters from Garrison, a private in the Federal Army under the command of General Robert Huston Milroy and stationed in western Virginia, to his wife, concerning his provost guard duty, rations, General Milroy, and army life.

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Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890

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Milroy was born on a farm near the hamlet of Canton, five miles east of Salem, Indiana, but the family moved to Carroll County in 1826. He graduated from Norwich Academy in Vermont in 1843. He moved to Texas in 1845, returning to Indiana in 1847. He was a captain in the 1st Indiana Volunteers during the Mexican War, but did not see any combat action. He graduated from Indiana University Law School in 1850 and became a lawyer and judge in Rensselaer, Indiana. Just before Abraham Lincoln was in...

Garrison, William A.

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Union soldier from Indiana. From the description of Letters, 1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271324 From the description of Letters, 1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20769640 ...

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...