Extracts from "Recollections jotted down during half a century's active service-four years as a cadet-forty six years as an officer in the United States Army."
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Cram, Thomas Jefferson, 1807?-1883
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Topographical engineer. From the description of Thomas Jefferson Cram papers, 1840-1870. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427868469 American Army Officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to Gen. Mansfield, [1862] May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530752 ...
Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
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Sylvanus Thayer was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who was appointed the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy from July 27,1817-July 1, 1833. After that he was assigned engineer duties in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of The Sylvanus Thayer papers, 1808-1862. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47646716 Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Militar...
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...
