William J. Creasey diary, 1861-1862 [manuscript].

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana and was the fourth of nine children of Edghill and Pamela (or Pamilia) Brown Burnside, a family of Scottish origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in Scotland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father was a native of South Carolina; he was a slave owner who freed his slaves when he relocated to Indiana. Ambrose attended Liberty Seminary as a young boy, but his education was interrupted when his mother died in...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865)

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Creasey, William A.

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William J. Creasey (born 1822) of Newburyport, Mass., was an officer in the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and was involved in General Ambrose E. Burnside's invasion of eastern North Carolina, 1862. Creasey resigned from the army in July 1862 and returned to Newburyport. From the guide to the William J. Creasey Diary, ., 1861-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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...