Bliss, Zenas Randall, papers, 1854-1898.

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Bliss, Zenas Randall, papers, 1854-1898.

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Correspondence, diaries, printed material, photographs, drawings and military artifacts primarily document Z. R. Bliss' military career. Included are many letters of recommendation on behalf of Bliss in support of his promotion to brigadier general in 1895 and major general in 1897, as well as many congratulatory letters written to Bliss after he received these promotions. Another group of letters testify to Bliss' performance in battle in an effort to secure the Medal of Honor for Bliss after his retirement. Correspondence with friends, family and business associates is also included, as are Bliss' designs for a suppository applicator and a cloth printing machine and "The Ballad of the Apidildoc and the Turtle," a short story written by Bliss. A large collection of photographs documents Native Americans, soldiers, landscapes, the Bliss family, military establishments and training practices. Z. R. Bliss' reminiscences document his life from the years 1854 to 1876. They consist of recollections of his experiences on the Texas frontier, as a prisoner of war in San Antonio (1861-1862), during the Civil War, occupation service in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina in the Reconstruction period (1867-1870) and further service on the Texas frontier (1871-1876). The reminiscences also include accounts of hunting, fishing, dances, horse races, scouts, reconnaissance missions, murders, hanging and related military duties.

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Bliss, Zenas R. (Zenas Randall), 1835-1900

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8th U.S. Infantry, 1854-1861; prisoner of war, Texas, 1861-1862; colonel, 7th and 10th Rhode Island Infantry, 1862-1865; major, 30th U.S. Infantry, 1856-1869; lt. colonel, 25th U.S. Infantry, 1869-1877; commanded Dept. of Texas, 1895-1897; retired as major general, 1897. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Joshua M.] Addeman, [18]99 April 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327742 Born in Rhode Island, Zenas Randall Bliss (193...

Bliss family

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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...