W.C. Adams collection, 1860-1910 & n.d.

Gibbons, Emory.

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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...

Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863

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Major General Earl Van Dorn was a Confederate general, originally from Mississippi. He was born near Port Gibson (Miss.) on Sept. 17, 1820. After graduating from West Point (N. Y. ) in 1842, he began a long career in the army. He was recognized for gallant and meritorious service during the Mexican War in 1848. He also served in the Seminole Indian War and in the West. When he resigned his U.S. Army commission, he was a major in the famous 2nd Cavalry Regiment. He was commissioned a colonel of c...

United States. Army. Cavalry

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Adams, W. Grylls (William Grylls), 1836-1915

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Virginia physician. From the description of Account book, 1851-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187616 English physicist; younger brother of John Couch Adams (1819-1892); F.R.S. 1894; discoverer of Nepture; educated at Cambridge; Fellow of St. Johns; professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at King's College, London until 1906; president of the Physical Society. From the description of Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1874-...