Orville Gillett collection, 1861-1946.

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Orville Gillett collection, 1861-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262536289

Civil War diaries (1861-1865); account/record book (1866-1875); military and pension material (1861-1917); papers relating to the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry; travel orders, etc. (1864-1865); miscellaneous legal papers (1868-1915); correspondence (1889-1946); family history material relating to the Gillett, Holladay, and Dacus families; miscellaneous material (1865-1885 and undated); photographs; and badges from 3rd Michigan Cavalry reunions (1914 and undated).

107 items.

Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158365

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Gillette family.

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United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1866)

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Dacus family.

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United States. Army. Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1864-1865)

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Gillett family.

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Holladay family.

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Gillett, Orville, 1832-1914

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Orville Gillett (last name also found as Gillet and Gillette) was born on 23 Dec. 1832, in Lewiston, N.Y., the son of Orville Gillet, Sr., and Chastine Harendon. He enlisted as a corporal in Company I, 3rd Michigan Cavalry, on 10 Sept. 1861. He re-enlisted in the same unit at Denmark, Mich., in Feb. 1864. In May of that year he was posted to Arkansas as an ordnance clerk and was stationed at Duvalls Bluff and Huntersville. On 12 Nov. 1864 he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the newly or...

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...

Holliday family.

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