Showing posts with label Secretary of War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Secretary of War. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Hints To Young Generals By Secretary Armstrong

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Hints to young generals.   by Secretary John Armstrong, written July 1, 1812:
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Monday, April 20, 2020

Secretary Of War Armstrong

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Source President James Madison named John Armstrong to his cabinet as Secretary of War on June 14, 1813. Armstrong had served as minis...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Organizing The New Army

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  The Secretary of War Eustis, desiring Lieut. Col. Macomb, to assist him in organizing the new Army, called him from his duties as Ch...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Reply By Kosciusko Armstrong

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Reply to Kosciusko Armstrong's Assault Upon Col. McKenney's Narrative of the . .., by Thomas Loraine McKenney: ...Narative o...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Kosciuszko Armstrong Defends His Father

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Some background on the controversy regarding John Armstrong found here . "...[Armstrong's] attention has lately been called to ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

A Craney Island Report

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From the  Report of the Select committee...  [previous blog post here ]: Source General Robert B. Taylor's Official Report to...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Degredation Inflicted By Armstrong

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Source The Life of Major-General William H. Harrison... .. .: General Armstrong 's plan of the campaign submitted to the Preside...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Pre-War Deaths At Fort Adams

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Source From the   American state papers:  ... (investigation as to why so many soldiers were dying at Fort Adams): Previous to the ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

By Order Of The President?

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Source Taken from Opinions of attorneys general ..., the Opinion of 25 January 1821: After the opinion I had the honor to expres...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Near Peoria

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Below is a letter about  Russel's Indian Expedition . Camp Russel, October 31st, 1812. Sir, This will inform you, that I arrived at thi...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Who's Who (Including Isaac Hull)

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Source Figuring out who is who from the website  1812 And All That : Isaac Hull (1773-1843), the naval officer , must be distinguish...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Unrecognized Heroics

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Source From  A Sketch Of The Life Of General Towson ... Colonel Scott, to whom Captain Towson naturally looked for a report of his p...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

General Harrison's Army Crosses Lake Erie

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He had plans to cross on September 23, 1813 (see letter excerpted below). Source From Indiana History's images : A letter from G...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

Jacob Barker, Financier In The War

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Jacob Barker  (1778- 1871 ), a wealthy man with power and influence, was fast friends with John Armstrong (among other famous persons) who...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Secretary Of War Armstrong's Bio

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From An Earlier Blog Post A history of the War Department of the United States: With biographical sketches of the secretaries   pr...
Friday, February 1, 2013

John Armstrong, Secretary Of War

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Source Of Portrait And Text:   The Military Heroes Of The War of 1812 Armstrong was not present in any battle during the war of 1812 [...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Captain Thornton Posey

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From the Upper Mississippi Brigade website, The 7th U. States Infantry in the Midwest   A Sketch of the Detachments of Captains Thornton Pos...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Secretary Of War Armstrong's 9 Districts

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From   Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Volume 11 , an explanation of Secretary of War John Armstrong's 9 military dis...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Secretary Of War William Eustis

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A biography of William Eustis, Secretary of War, from  A history of the War Department of the United States: With biographical sketches of t...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

John Armstrong - A Disastrous Choice?

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From Rediscover 1812 : "President James Madison named John Armstrong to his cabinet as Secretary of War on June 14, 1813. Armstrong h...
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