Alfred Lacey Hough Papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1869-1889).

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Alfred Lacey Hough Papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1869-1889).

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The papers are divided into several categories: family correspondence (1861-1883); military correspondence and military papers, orders, and memoranda (1873-1900); related family materials; and oversize certificates, commissions, and promotions (1855-1904). The family correspondence includes letters between A.L. Hough and his wife, Mary J. Hough, during Hough's career as a volunteer and regular army officer in the Union and post-Civil War Army. Referenced in this correspondence are family information and matters concerning his Civil War activities, the California Campaign of 1869, the Sioux War of 1876-77, and the Meeker Massacre. There are a number of letters to Hough from prominent U.S. Army Officers regarding the career of George H. Thomas, of whom Hough was a protégé. Hough's correspondence to General and Mrs. Thomas are within Hough's military correspondence. Augmenting the family and military correspondence is a military autobiography of Hough's career from 1861 to 1880. Appended to the collection are the Memoirs (1924) of A.L. Hough's son, Charles Merrill Hough, a federal judge. Charles M. Hough's memoirs discuss his parents' backgrounds and lives, while shedding light on his version of growing up in the military. An oversize folder holds the military commissions of A.L. Hough, tracking his military career.

3 linear ft. (3 boxes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274438

University of Colorado, Boulder

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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...

Hough, John N. (John Newbold), 1906-

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Alfred Lacey Hough (1824-1908) was born into the Southern New Jersey, Quaker, landed gentry on April 23, 1826. After beginning his business life as an apothecary clerk, Alfred Hough became a commission agent in a paper-manufacturing house in which he soon became a partner. In 1853, for social and business reasons, he joined the artillery corps of the Washington Grays, a Pennsylvania home militia organization. The move foreshadowed a loss of his Quaker faith. He married Mary Jane Mer...

Hough, Alfred Lacey, 1826-1908

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Alfred Lacey Hough (1824-1908) was born into the Southern New Jersey, Quaker, landed gentry on April 23, 1826. In 1853, he joined the artillery corps of the Washington Grays, a Pennsylvania home militia organization. He married Mary Jane Merrill in 1857. On April 18, 1861, Hough went with the Washington Grays into the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers, but was discharged from that regiment to allow him to take a regular commission as Captain in the 19th U.S. Infantry. As a member of that regiment, Ca...

Hough, Charles M. (Charles Merrill), 1858-1927

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Pennsylvania. Militia. Light Infantry Corps of Washington Grays

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Hough family.

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Hough, Mary J. (Mary Jane)

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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...