Clinton A. Cilley papers, 1875-1988.

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Clinton A. Cilley papers, 1875-1988.

Included is a multi-volume diary of Cilley with very brief entries describing Cilley and Harper family activities; life in Lenoir and Hickory, N.C.; law practice on the circuit; training of law students in his office; and activities as an Episcopal layman. There are also scrapbooks, assembled by Cilley or his wife, containing clippings from the 1870s and 1880s about people they knew or topics of general interest to them. Also included are a few loose clippings and photocopies of documents relating to Cilley's application for a medal of honor for his conduct at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.

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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...

Cilley, Clinton A., 1837-1900

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Clinton A. Cilley, native of New Hampshire, lawyer, and U.S. Army colonel in the Civil War, who moved to Lenoir and Hickory in western North Carolina after the war, became a judge, and married Emma Sophia Harper (1844-1922), daughter of James Clarence Harper (1819-1890). From the description of Clinton A. Cilley papers, 1875-1988. WorldCat record id: 24341968 ...

Cilley family.

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Episcopal Church

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Cilley, Emma Sophia Harper, 1844-1922.

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Harper family.

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