Papers, 1811-1861.

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Papers, 1811-1861.

Collection contains business papers of a Bedford Co. merchant; and a notice to Steptoe and William Leftwich to sell the property of Joel Leftwich, general in the War of 1812.

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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...

Steptoe, James

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Bedford Co., Va. resident. From the description of Papers, 1811-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100456 ...

Leftwich, Joel, 1759-1846

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Joel Leftwich (1759-1846) was an army officer, state legislator, and justice of the peace, of Bedford County, Va. During the Revolutionary War, Leftwich fought at Germantown, Pa.; Camden, S.C.; and was wounded at Guilford, N.C. In the War of 1812, he commanded a brigade under General William Henry Harrison and became a major general of the Virginia militia. From the guide to the Joel Leftwich Papers, ., 1779-1843, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Histor...