Robert Charles Clowry papers, 1862-1871.

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Robert Charles Clowry papers, 1862-1871.

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Correspondence, circulars, and cipher records relating primarily to Clowry's service as assistant superintendent of the U.S. Military Telegraph during the Civil War. Correspondence, chiefly Mar. 1864 to Aug. 1865, relating to the military telegraph in the Dept. of Arkansas and the Dept. of the Missouri-Kansas-Arkansas. Incudes a "Catalogue of books and papers belonging to Col. Clowry's military files" (1862-1865).

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United States. Army. Dept. of Kansas.

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United States. Army. Dept. of the Missouri.

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United States. Military Telegraph Corps

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The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was initiated in the first days of the Civil War. Secretary of War Simon Cameron sought the aid of Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad in creating the service. He in turn enlisted the help of David Strouse of the American Telegraph Company, who extended his company's lines from Pennsylvania to the War Department in Washington, DC. Formal executive sanction of the Corps came in October 1861 from Abraham Lincoln. Congress permitted the establ...

United States. Army. Dept. of Arkansas.

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United States. Army. Dept. of the Missouri-Kansas-Arkansas.

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Clowry, Robert Charles, 1838-1925

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Union army officer. From the description of Robert Charles Clowry papers, 1862-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84401782 ...