The Nicholas Rice papers, 1843-1882.

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The Nicholas Rice papers, 1843-1882.

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Contains the following type of materials: memoir. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Civil War -- Eastern Theater, -- Northern Interior, -- Western Theater, -- Atlantic Coast; 1865-1897; Indian Wars, 1865-1891. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; 30th Pennsylvania Militia Infantry Regiment, United States (U.S.) Volunteer Signal Corps, XXIII (23rd) Corps; 57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Nicholas Rice papers include enlisted man's memoir: 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, September 1861-October 1962; 30th Pennsylvania Militia Infantry Regiment, June-July 1863; Signal Corps, November 1863-August 1865; post-war civilian in the west. Also, mentions brother, Captain Edson Rice of 57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment killed at Chancellorsville.

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Rice, Nicholas

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865)

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 30th (1861-1864)

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Rice, Edson.

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...