Sam Burgey collection on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1886-1916.

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Sam Burgey collection on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1886-1916.

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Six letters with envelopes (15 p.), six b&w photographs, and two newspaper clippings from and about Burgey family members serving in different capacities in the U.S. Army with Gen. Pershing and Lt. Patton during the hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico. The newspaper clipping from The Evening Leader in Corning, N.Y. (dated Tuesday, March 21, 1916) is about then Col. Berry serving as Gen. Pershing's intelligence officer during the Mexico Expedition and includes a photograph of the colonel. The other clipping is from an El Paso newspaper with an account of a skirmish with Mexicans and several photographs of Army soldiers near Pershing's camp at Namiquipa. Photographs include a Pach Brothers portrait of Lucien Grant Berry (likely Sam Burgey's uncle) in a West Point uniform (dated 1886) and another portrait photo of Berry in military uniform at middle age. Other photos include: a portrait of two young men in military uniforms, a smaller portrait of one of the men, five men in military uniforms standing in front of a car with the U.S. and Army General flags on it, and two men holding a small dead bird between them in a remote desert setting. Five of the letters are from Sam Burgey to his mother Lucy and sister Maud. Details include his work as a driver and mechanic for Gen. Pershing, his account of an encounter with "Villistas" involving Lieut. Patton that resulted in Mexican deaths, and several references to seeing and meeting with "L" (likely Lucien Berry). One of the letters is from an E. M. Berry to Maud Burgey and mentions "Lucien" several times. Original envelopes addressed from New Mexico and New York are in the folder.

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Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923

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Revolutionary leader in Mexico. From the description of Pancho Villa letter, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536890 From the guide to the Pancho Villa letter, 1921, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Pach Brothers

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Walter Pach was a painter, critic, and art historian; New York,N.Y. He was the son of Gotthelf Pach, a commercial photographer who, along with his family, ran the New York firm of Pach Brothers. Walter Pach often accompanied his father on photographic assignments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the description of [Walter Pach] / [graphic] Pach Bros. [192-] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477618 ...

Berry, Lucien Grant, 1863-1937

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1886 graduated United States Military Academy; Oct. 28,1886 married Emma R. Minier; Nov. 28,1892, First Lieutenant in Artillery Corps, West Point, N.Y.; 1898, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers; 1906, Captain in Artillery, Fort Sheridan, Ill.; 1907, Major; 1911, Lt. Colonel; 1913, Colonel; 1917, Brigadier General, Commanding General of 60th Artillery Brigade; 1920, Colonel at Camp Grant, Ill. From the description of The Lucien G. Berry papers, 1884-1936, bulk 1918-1920. (US Arm...

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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Burgey, Maud,

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Burgey, Lucy B.,

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Berry, E. M. (Elliot M)

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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...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Burgey, Sam.

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Lucien Berry was a Brigadier General in the United States Army and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. From the description of Sam Burgey collection on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1886-1916. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 449294918 ...