Papers, 1914-1920.

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Papers, 1914-1920.

Letters to family, principally his mother Virginia Ballance Bash of Urbana, Illinois, describe army life during service in the 6th Infantry in Mexico with Pershing's punitive forces; and as adjutant general, Services of Supply, in France during World War I.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Services of Supply

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 6th

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The 6th regiment was stationed at Greenbush, 1812-1813; Sackett's Harbor, 1814; and Champlain (Plattsburgh), 1815. From the description of Records, 1809-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145406736 ...

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...

Bash, Louis Hermann, 1872-1952.

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Career U.S. army officer from Peoria, Illinois; served in Spanish American War, the punitive expedition in Mexico and World War I; appointed quartermaster general, 1934; retired 1936. Married Bertha Runkle of New York, N.Y., in 1904, with whom he had one daughter, Virgina. From the description of Papers, 1914-1920. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26962298 ...

Bash, Virginia Ballance,

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