Papers : concerning the U.S. Army in the Middle West, [19--]

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Papers : concerning the U.S. Army in the Middle West, [19--]

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Chiefly concerns Stephen Watts Kearny; also contains a transcription of the diaries of James Kennerly, dated 1823-1826, and Henry Atkinson, dated 1824-1826, and other materials.

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Atkinson, Henry, 1782-1842

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Colonel (brevet brigadier general), United States Army. From the description of Legal document : Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1819 March 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677404 Henry Atkinson was a United States soldier. He commanded an expedition to the mouth of the Yellowstone River in 1819, in which the main force advanced only to Council Bluffs on the Missouri River. In 1824 a second expedition, commanded by Atkinson and Benjamin O'Fal...

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...

Porter, V. Mott (Valentine Mott), 1870-1915

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Porter edited the 1820 journal of Stephen Watts Kearny (1908). From the description of Papers : concerning the U.S. Army in the Middle West, [19--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612876522 Valentine Mott Porter was on the Board of Directors of the Historical Society of Southern California and James Miller Guinn was the secretary of the society. They both wrote articles for the society's publications. From the description of Letter to James Miller Guinn...

Kennerly, James, 1792-1840

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Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848

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Army officer. From the description of Proclamation of Stephen Watts Kearny, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423835 Army officer; Kearny became a Brigadier General in 1846, and was assigned to command the Army of the West in the Mexican War. He led his men to Santa Fe which was entered without opposition and served as military governor of New Mexico for a month until a civil government was organized. From the description of Kearny proclamation, 1846 Aug. 22...