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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...

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898

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Justin Smith Morrill (1810-1898), merchant, U.S. Representative and Senator from Vermont, authored the Morrill Tariff Act (1861) and the Land Grant College Act (1862). He chaired the Senate Finance Committee for many years (1877-79, 1881-93, 1895-98). From the description of Justin Smith Morrill Papers, 1825-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387635 Justin S. Morrill was a congressman and financier. From the guide to the Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, ...

Washburn, Peter T. (Peter Thacher), 1814-1870

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Peter T. Washburn, son of Reuben and Hannah B. (Thacher) Washburn, was born on September 7, 1814 in Lynn, Massachusetts. His family moved to Vermont in 1817 and settled in Ludlow, Vermont in 1825. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1835 and then studied law under his father. In 1838 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Ludlow. In 1844 he moved his practice to Woodstock and formed a partnership with Charles P. Marsh until his death in 1870. Peter T....

Veazey, Wheelock Graves, 1835-1898.

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Wheelock Graves Veazey was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire, on December 5, 1835. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1859and went on to study at the Law School at Albany, New York. He began his law practice in Springfield, Vermont, in 1860. He married Julia A. Beard, daughter of the Hon. Albin Beard and Julia A. (Crooker) Beard, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Veazey enlisted in Company A of the Third Vermont Infantry Regiment on May 21, 1861 and was given the rank of capt...

Phelps, Edward John, 1822-1900

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Lawyer, politician, diplomat, and educator, of Burlington, Vt., and New York, N.Y.; born in Middlebury, Vt.; attended Yale Law School (1841-1842) and admitted to the bar in 1843; second comptroller of the U.S. Treasury (1851-1853), U.S. minister to Great Britain (1885-1889), and senior counsel (1893) for the U.S. in the arbitration of the Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy with Great Britain; founder and president (1880) of American Bar Association; taught law at Yale after 1881; died in New Haven,...

Poland, Luke P. (Luke Potter), 1815-1887

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United States senator from Vermont, 1865-1867; United States representative, 1867-1875. From the description of Letter : to the president of the United States, 1867. (Idaho State Historical Society Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 42064527 ...

Ormsbee, Ebenezer J. (Ebenezer Jolls), 1834-1924

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Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) practiced law in Brandon, Vt. He was elected a state legislator in 1872, senator in 1878, lieutenant governor in 1884, and governor in 1886. In July 1891 President Benjamin Harrison appointed him to negotiate with the Piute Indians at the Pyramid Lake Reservation in Nevada. In November 1891 he was appointed U.S. land commissioner at Samoa. Ormsbee stayed in Samoa until March 1893. E.J. Ormsbee married Jennie L. Briggs (d. 1866) in 1862, an...

Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908

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Redfield Proctor was Secretary of War, 1888-1891. He also served as Governor and Senator from Vermont. George Crook was a Major-general in the army. From the description of TLS, 1889 September 21 : Washington, D.C. to George Crook. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 18501204 Redfield Proctor (1831-1908) was commissioned quartermaster of the 3rd Vermont Regiment June 19, 1861, was promoted to major of the 5th Vermont Regiment September 25, 1861, resigned July 11...