Military officer correspondence, 1847-1900.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...

Patrick, Marsena Rudolph, 1811-1888

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Patrick was born in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York (near Watertown). He worked on the Erie Canal and briefly taught school. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in nearby West Point, and graduated in 1835. Initially appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the infantry, he was promoted to first lieutenant in 1839, serving in the Seminole Wars. Patrick served in the Mexican–American War and was again promoted, this time to captain, in 1847. He was appointed brevet major i...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 5th (1864).

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Hagner, Peter Valentine, 1815-1893

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Joseph Kerr was a surveyor, industrialist, farmer, state legislator, and U.S. senator from Ohio, 1814-1815. He lost his farm and moved to Tenn. in 1826. From the description of Letter, 1819 Oct. 28. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41365592 Ordnance officer in the U.S. Army. From the description of Letter : West Troy, N.Y., to the District Attorney, Saratoga County, Waterford, 1878 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22581632 Ordnance o...

King, Horatio C.

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Union army officer, 1862-1865, and New York City attorney. From the description of Letterbooks, 1862 Sept.-1868 Nov. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759159 Military man and politician. King moved to Brooklyn in 1865 and served on the Brooklyn Board of Education. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1840]-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451560 Biographical Note ...

Haines, Thomas J., 1827-1883.

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Heath, Thomas Tinsley, 1835-1925.

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Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899

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Hays, Alexander, 1819-1864

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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...

Storm, Henry, fl. 1881.

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Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884

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Diplomat, Confederate officer, and U.S. Representative from Berkeley County, Va. (later W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1815-1883. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536991 Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538814 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington, D.C.], to t...

Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917

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Charles Henry Grosvenor (CHG) was an attorney, a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, and a United States Congress representative for 20 years. CHG grew up in Athens, Ohio. He was responsible for persuading Andrew Carnegie to provide funds for a library at Ohio University. Constance Leete (CL) is his granddaughter through his second wife Louise Currier. CL lived in the Grosvenor house until sold to the Episcopal Church in 1948. From the guide to th...

Garnett, Robert S. (Robert Selden), 1819-1861

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Robert Selden Garnett (1819-1861), served in the Mexican War, in Texas, and as commandant of cadets at West Point. In 1855, he was commissioned Major and sent to the Northwest where he commanded the Puget Sound and Yakima Expeditions. He resigned and joined the Confederate Army. From the description of Letter : to Major Gilmore Hays / by Robert Selden Garnett, 1856 Apr 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127583 Robert Selden Garnett (1819-1861), aide-de-camp to General Tay...

Hayes, Philip Cornelius, 1833-1916.

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Illinois congressman, 1877-1881; resident, Morris and Joliet, Illinois. From the description of Autograph, 1879 Feb. 11. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33373959 ...