Groves-Griffith-Chaffin family papers, 1823-ca. 1945.

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Groves-Griffith-Chaffin family papers, 1823-ca. 1945.

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, books / manuals, diary / journal, many biographes. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: Civil War, Late Indian War, World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment; 38th United States (U.S.) Infantry. General description of the collection: Groves-Griffith-Chaffin family papers include service of Owen Griffith in the Civil War; Colonel Richard H. Wilson during the Indian War period and in the Philippines; Leslie R. Groves, and the Manhattan Engineer District; Leslie Richard Groves, Chaplain in World War I, China Relief Expedition.

16 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586789

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...

Groves, Richard F.

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George Samuel Neel was born in 1842 near Decatur, Ohio. He married Kentucky schoolteacher Minerva Glass in 1866, and had eight children. Neel enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1864 and served in Company A of the 70th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. After service with Generals Logan and Sherman, and participating in the Atlanta Campaign, he was honorably discharged. Neel died in 1931 in Webster City, Iowa. From the description of G.S. Neel Civil War Papers, 1860-1865. (Iowa State University). Wor...

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Griffith, Owen

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Wilson, Richard (Richard H.)

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China Relief Expedition (1900-1901)

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