Fort Duncan Records, 1857-1861

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...

Dunbar, William Harrison

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Closson, Henry Whitney, 1832-1917

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Hopkins, Edward, 1797-1876

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Fort Duncan (Tex.)

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Established in 1849, Fort Duncan in Maverick County, Texas, was named in honor of Mexican War hero James Duncan. The fort protected the area's trade with Mexico against attacks by Native Americans. The U.S. Army abandoned Fort Duncan in 1861. For the duration of the Civil War, the Confederate Texas government stationed the Frontier Regiment at the fort. The U.S. Army reoccupied Fort Duncan from 1868 to 1883, when the government failed to acquire the land. However, the go...

Davis, Matthew L. (Matthew Livingston), 1773-1850

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Virgil David was president of the Lawrenceville Lyceum in Western Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Virgil David, n.p., 1836 Dec. 24. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 78717472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Virgil David, n.p., 1836 Dec. 24. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55822816 Author, political correspondent, and associate and suppo...

Slaughter, James B.

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Ramsay, Douglas

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Vinton, D. H.

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French, William James,

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Potter, Reuben M. (Reuben Marmaduke), 1802-1890

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Reuben M. Potter was born in New Jersey in 1802. From 1827 to 1833 he was an agent of a commercial house in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after which he served as the customs comptroller at Galveston, Texas. In December 1846 Potter became secretary to Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, quartermaster general of the United States Army. He was made a prisoner of war in San Antonio during the Civil War. After his parole, he moved to New York to resume his quartermaster duties until his retirement in 1882....