Letter : to R. Jones, Adjutant General / by Joseph A. Haskin, 1846 May 23.

United States. Adjutant-General's Office

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The Continental Congress on June 17, 1775, appointed an Adjutant General of the Continental Army. After 1783 no further provision was made for such an officer until an act of March 5, 1792, provided for an adjutant, who was also to do the work of inspector. An act of March 3, 1813, established an Adjutant General's Department and an Inspector General's Department which were united the following July under one head, the Adjutant and Inspector General. Separate heads for the two Depar...

Haskin, Joseph A.

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Jones, Roger, 1789-1852

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Soldier; born in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1789. Served in the War of 1812 at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane; breveted lieutenant-colonel for gallantry during the sortie from Fort Erie. From the description of Journal of a military inspection tour of the Western Lakes, 1819 May 30-July 18. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 71303917 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Roger Jones, 1816-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069337 Fr...