Frank J. Hecker papers, 1891-1908, bulk 1898-1905.

Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916

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Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was a Civil War general; prominent national railroad surveyor and engineer; and U.S. Representative. Dodge conducted surveys for the Illinois Central, Rock Island (Mississippi to Missouri line), and the Union Pacific railroads before the Civil War. He was commissioned as Colonel with the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in 1861 and promoted to Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers in 1862 and then Major General in 1864. In addition to combat, he...

Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

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Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm. He worked in Boston, read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He entered the Union Army as a volunteer on September 9, 1861, and fought in many crucial battles. He became a lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of t...

Mckinley, William, 1843-1901

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President William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. He was beginning his second term as President after winning the election in 1900. On Sept. 5, 1901 he and his wife were attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York when he was shot by as assassin waiting in line to shake his hand. After being attended by physicians, he was resting at the exposition's director's home in Buffalo, NY. He seemed to be recovering when his condition rapidly worsened on Sept. 14th. P...

Davis, George W. (George Whitefield), 1839-1918

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Grunsky, Carl Ewald, 1884-

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United States. Army Quartermaster's Dept.

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Murphy, Dominic Ignatius.

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

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...

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

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Junior Collector of Customs. From the description of Correspondence, 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270723173 ...

Drake, Edward A.

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Burr, William H. (William Hubert), 1851-1934

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Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932

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William Barclay Parsons (1859-1932) was an American civil engineer. From the description of William Barclay Parsons papers, 1880-1939. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652400 From the guide to the William Barclay Parsons papers, 1880-1939, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Civil engineer. Parsons was associated with the Rapid Transit System of New York, made a survey of Chinese railroads, 1898...

Crawford, Joseph H

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Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

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Army officer. From the description of Henry Clark Corbin papers, 1864-1980 (bulk 1898-1909). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981128 Biographical Note 1842, Sept. 15 Born, Clermont County, Ohio 1860 1861 Studied law ...

Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...

Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

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Walker was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy; secretary, then chairman of the Lighthouse Board; served as Chief of the Navigation Board; was a member of the Nicaragua Canal Commission; and president of the Isthmian Canal Commission. From the description of The Admiral John G. Walker collection of family papers. 1865-1907. (Wichita State University). WorldCat record id: 32915790 John Grimes Walker was an American naval officer who helped lead the siege of Vicksburg duri...

Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927

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Businessman of Detroit, Mich. From the description of Frank J. Hecker papers, 1861-1927. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 308488580 Art collector, painter, watercolorist, ceramist, sculptor; Detroit, MI. Author of RECOLLECTIONS OF MY SERVICE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898-1899 and ACTIVITIES OF A LIFETIME, 1923. From the description of Frank J. Hecker inventory, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370455 ...

Ludington, Marshall Independence, 1839-1919

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Bird, Charles, 1839-1930.

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Webb, William Seward

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Bryson, George Eugene, 1864-1912

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Meiklejohn, George D. (George de Rue), 1857-1929

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Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)

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Carter, William H. (William Harding), 1851-1925

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Army officer. From the description of William H. Carter papers, 1886-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979860 Major General, U.S. Army. During Indian wars, served at Fort Robinson, Army post at Red Cloud Agency, northwestern Nebraska. Named Camp Robinson Mar. 29, 1874; renamed Fort Robinson Jan. 1878. Active military garrison during Indian wars of the late 19th century. After World War II, facility was declared surplus and turned over to U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. ...

Cortelyou, George Bruce, 1862-1940

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Cortelyou was born in New York City to Rose (née Seary) and Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. He was part of an old New Netherland family whose immigrant ancestor, Jacques Cortelyou, arrived in 1652. He was educated at public schools in Brooklyn, the Nazareth Hall Military Academy in Pennsylvania, and the Hempstead Institute on Long Island. At 20, Cortelyou received a BA degree from Westfield Normal School, now Westfield State University, a teacher's college in Westfield, Massachusetts. He graduat...

Griscom, Clement Acton, 1841-1912.

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Clous, J. W.

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Young, S. B. M. (Samuel Baldwin Marks), 1840-1924

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Eagan, Charles Patrick, 1841-1919.

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United States. Army--Transportation.

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Harrod, Benjamin Morgan, 1837-1912.

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Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907

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Alger (1836-1907) served as U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-1907. He was a Republican. (Information from Senators of the U.S.). Scripps served as Michigan Senator from the Third District, 1903-1904. He was born in England in 1835 and came to the U.S. in 1844. Scripps worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in 1857. After settling in Detroit in 1859, he managed the Detroit Tribune until 1863 when he founded the Detroit Evening News. In 1862, Scripps married Harriet J. Messinger. He was acti...

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...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...