United States. War Department
Variant namesMarcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849.
From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263
Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892.
From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079
U.S. government department responsible for the prosecution of World War I. One of its duties was the submission of weekly intelligence summaries for the information of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff.
From the description of Intelligence reports, 1917-1921. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18059295
The Black Wolf Squadron was one of the earliest units within the U.S. Army Air Service. In 1920, the Squadron was selected to make the first long-distance flight outside of the contiguous United States. Nome, Alaska, was selected as the destination because the assistant chief of the Air Service was General Billy Mitchell, who had served in Alaska during construction of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS). The four DeHavilland DH-4 biplanes, painted with the black profile of a wolf's head against a white background, left Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York on July 15, 1920. The Squadron arrived in Nome on August 24, 1920, landing on the parade grounds at Fort Davis, an abandoned Army post. After a brief stay, the crew, led by Capt. St. Clair Street, returned via the same route, arriving at Mitchel Field on October 20, 1920. In total, the expedition flew 9,000 miles in 112 flying hours without serious incident. The trip was the first military flight in Alaska and helped to pioneer an air route connecting Alaska to the Lower 48.
From the description of Black Wolf Squadron photographs, 1920. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 496126594
John Armstrong was Secretary of War under President James Madison. Simon Snyder was Governor of Pennsylvania.
From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Simon Snyder, Harrisburg, Pa., 1814 Aug. 6. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249003
From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Simon Snyder, Harrisburg, Pa., 1814 Aug. 6. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 82384453
The United States War Department, or the War Office, was established in 1789. The department was originally responsible for the combined armed forces of the United States, though over time individual branches of the service were separated into their own departments. In 1947, with the formation of the Department of the Air Force, the department was renamed the Department of the Army.
From the description of Weather station handbook for the observer, 1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 436234192
From the guide to the Weather station handbook for the observer, 1945, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
In accordance with an act passed by the United States Congress in 1861, the postwar government of Virginia requested reimbursement from the federal government for certain expenses incurred by the pro-Union or "restored" government of Virginia during the Civil War.
From the description of War claims, March 12, 1867, February 11, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122700632
John Pope served as an officer in United States Army in the Mexican War and the Civil War. During the 1850s he commanded a survey of a transcontinental railroad route near the 32nd parallel.
From the description of Order to John Pope, 1855 Jan 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162294
From the description of Order to John Pope, 1855 Jan 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83043291
U.S. steamer stationed at Port Chilkoot from January 1-December 31, 1918.
From the description of Deck Department log of the S.S. Peterson, 1918 October 23-29. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42064660
Governor of Virginia, U.S. secretary of war, and Confederate general.
From the description of John B. Floyd letter, 1860. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 704352659
John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) was born in South Carolina to Patrick and Martha Caldwell Calhoun. He graduated from Yale College in 1804, after which he studied law. He won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1810, a position he held until 1817, when he resigned to accept an appointment as the secretary of war under President James Monroe. He ran in the 1824 presidential election, but lost to John Quincy Adams; he was instead elected as vice-president. He resigned the vice-presidency in 1832 and joined the Senate. He served until 1843, then he became the Secretary of State under President John Tyler as a replacement for Abel Upshur. Calhoun held the position until the end of Tyler's term in 1845, at which point he returned to the Senate, where he served until his death.
From the description of United States War Department, Secretary of War letters, 1820-1824. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142575
George W. McCrary was the Secretary of War. Charles Devens was the Attorney General.
From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Charles Devens], n.p., 1879 July 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 82385718
The United States Department of War was created through action of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as outlined in the U.S. Constitution which went into effect in 1789. The War Department continued under that until the passage of federal legislation in 1947 which changed its name to Department of Defense.
From the description of Collection, 1940-1945. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25066873
The act of August 7, 1789, that established the War Department provided that the Secretary of War should have custody of all books and papers in the office of the Secretary at War, who had headed the Department of War created in 1781 by the Continental Congress. These books and papers included the records of the Board of War, which had administered military affairs from 1776 to 1781. Most of these records were destroyed by fire on November 8, 1800. When Government buildings in Washington were burned in August 1814 by British soldiers, the War Department's remaining records for the Revolutionary War period were in a fireproof room and were not damaged by the flames. It was subsequently reported, however, that many of them had been destroyed or carried away by persons who entered the room after the fire. As a result there were, until 1873, few records for the period before 1789 in War Department custody.
In 1873 Secretary of War William Belknap purchased the Pickering Papers for the War Department. This private collection consisted of papers of Timothy Pickering, who between 1777 and 1785 had been a member of the Board of War, Adjutant General of the Continental Army, and Quartermaster General; the papers of Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores for several years during the war; and miscellaneous contemporary papers. Belknap also obtained some minor groups of records and single records items for the Department during his tenure. In 1888, however, the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records was transferred to the State Department, which was considering the possibility of publishing the Government archives for the Revolutionary War period.
The War Department established in 1889 a Record and Pension Division--called the Record and Pension Office--to take charge of the records of past U.S. volunteer armies. The purpose of this Office was to increase the efficiency with which military service statements were being provided to the Commissioner of Pensions of the Interior Department. To achieve this purpose Col. Fred C. Ainsworth, Chief of the Record and Pension Office, attempted to have transferred to the War Department all Revolutionary War records from other Government departments. Although he did not succeed in having all such records transferred, the Congress in 1892 and 1894 did authorize transfer to the War Department of all military records for the Revolutionary War period then in the custody of other executive departments. These military records were transferred between 1894 and 1913 from Interior Department pension files, Treasury Department auditors' records, and State Department records including the Pickering Papers and some Continental Army returns that had once belonged to George Washington.
In 1909 Henry G. Pickering, great-grandson of Timothy Pickering, gave to the War Department through the Quartermaster General a number of record books, mostly relating to supply and pay accounts. In 1924 and 1915, under authority of an act of March 2, 1913, the Department made photographic copies of Revolutionary War records in the custody of public and private institutions in Virginia, North Carolina and Massachusetts to supplement its original record holdings.
From the description of War Department collection of Revolutionary War records. (National Archives Library). WorldCat record id: 122370735
The Pacific Division, established in 1848 and consisting of the territories of California and Oregon, was under the command of E.A. Hitchcock, a West Point graduate, career army officer, and author, from July, 1851, to Feb., 1854.
During his tenure, Brevet Brig. Gen. Hitchcock dealt with San Francisco vigilante groups, established new army posts, acted to quell Indian uprisings along California's southern border with Mexico, and broke up William Walker's filibustering expedition against Sonora, Mexico.
From the description of Letter : War Dept., Washington, [D.C.], to Brvt. Brig. General E.A. Hitchcock, Comm. Pacific Division, 1851 May 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34298579
In compliance with the Treaty of 1837, all Winnebago Indians residing in Wisconsin were to remove across the Mississippi. In February of 1840, Gen. Henry Atkinson was ordered by the War Dept. to take charge of the operation.
Finding that the Winnebago were afraid to live near the Sauks in Iowa, Atkinson held a council May 1-2 in Prairie du Chien with the recalcitrant chiefs in which he promised military protection for the tribe at the Turkey River site. Atkinson also warned that there would be no annuities or provisions until the bands assembled at Prairie-du-Chien for the move and that force would be used if necessary. Despite the continued objections of the Portage bands, the move was accomplished peacefully by June 3.
From the description of Council held with the Winnebagoes ... at Prairie du Chien, 1840 May 12. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38138735
Between 1803 and 1809 various Indian tribes in Indiana Territory (present day Indiana and Illinois) signed treaties with the federal government.
During this period, William Henry Harrison served as Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Indiana Territory. From the territorial seat at Vincennes, Harrison obtained the cessation of millions of acres of Indian land. In exchange for ceded lands, the tribes were placed under the care and protection of the government.
From the description of Accounts : a return shewing the value of stores forwarded the undermentioned tribes of Indians under the superintendency of his excellency William Henry Harrison, 1806 May - 1811 June. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34780782
John Stagg, Jr. (1758-1803) served as a captain and lieutenant in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and was also General George Washington's private secretary at Valley Forge, PA. Following the War, Stagg was a clerk in the U.S. War Office for eight years, and was elected sheriff of New York City in 1801.
- New York Society Library. "First Charging Ledger: John Stagg Jr. (1758-1803)." Accessed July 18, 2011. http://www.nysoclib.org/ledger/people/stagg_john.html
From the guide to the John Stagg, Jr. military letter, 1792, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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