Records, 1854-1866.

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Records, 1854-1866.

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One portfolio containing printed and holographic items related primarily to the 4th Infantry, based at Fort Vancouver. The earliest material consists of nine monthly post returns from 1854, signed by the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville. These post returns list officers by name; enlisted men by count; civil employees, their duties, and rate of pay; official communications received; also the names of anyone sick, or in confinement for desertion. A food survey report from 1856 is concerned with rotten pork, hard bread, and moldy coffee. Later correspondence, special orders, and general orders date from 1860 to 1866. Most are directed from Vancouver Barracks to Fort Yamhill, Oregon; some of these concern the Blockhouse on the Siletz Reservation. Unrelated Civil War material from 1862 consists of official correspondence, telegrams, and orders pertaining to the 14th U.S. Infantry, Army of the Potomac, stationed at Fort Trumbull, Conn., and in the field in Virginia. The majority are signed by Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General, Washington, D.C.

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Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878.

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French-born U.S. Army engineer and frontiersman. From the description of Letter : Fort Clark, Texas, to Major W.W.H. Davis, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1860 Nov 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82956058 From the description of Letter : Fort Clark, Texas, to Major W.W.H. Davis, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1860 Nov 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150286 Army officer and explorer. From the description of Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville corresponden...

Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875

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Thomas was born in New Castle, Delaware. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1823, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry. He fought in the Seminole War in Florida and, during the Mexican–American War, he was the chief of staff to General William O. Butler. He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel for Monterrey, which was made permanent in 1852. From 1853 to 1861, he served as chief of staff to the commanding general of the U.S. Army, Wi...

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...

Fort Vancouver (Wash.)

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Located at the border of Washington and Oregon, it was a Hudson Bay Company trading post from 1829-1846. Established by the U.S. Army as Columbia Barracks in 1849, it was renamed Fort Vancouver in 1853, and officially designated Vancouver Barracks in 1879. In the 1860's, it served as headquarters for the District of Oregon, re-designated the Department of the Columbia in 1865. From the description of Records, 1854-1866. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547128 ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 14th

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 4th

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Fort Trumbull (Conn.)

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