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Library of Congress1887

Army positions, Gettysburg. Letter from the Secretary of War, referring to the appropriation for marking positions occupied by the Army at Gettysburg and recommending that authority be granted to purchase land for that purpose. December 19, 1887. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed

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battlefields↗

Library of Congress1863

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information as to what regiments have not been paid up to August 31, 1862. February 9, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed

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legislative materials↗

Library of Congress1868

Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden, asking payment for his services as scout. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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claims↗

Library of Congress1870

Benjamin F. Reynolds. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the petition of Benjamin F. Reynolds, late captain Company K Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, for relief. May 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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claims↗

Library of Congress1895

In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1895. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Peffer, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany S. 2756.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 2756) for the relief of Oliver M. Blair, administrator of Thomas P. Blair, deceased

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blair, oliver m↗

Library of Congress1879

Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 6, 1879, information touching the application of a statute of limitations to state war claims. February 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed

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legislative materials↗

Library of Congress1887

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Main Eastern Theater: Northern Virginia-Second Manassas Campaign; Fitz-John Porter Court Martial, November 1862-January 1863; Series 1, Vol. 12, Chapter 24, Supplement]

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courts-martial and courts of inquiry↗

Library of Congress1889

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Main Western Theater: Vicksburg Campaign and Siege; January-August 1863; Series 1, Vol. 24, Chapter 36, Part 2]

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raymond↗

Library of Congress1869

William A. Howard. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of William H. Howard for pay as colonel of the Regiment of New York Marine, &c. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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government publication↗

Library of Congress1909

Marking graves of Confederate dead. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a recommendation for extension of the time marking the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons. December 6, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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sepulchral monuments↗

Library of Congress1865

Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 23d instant, a copy of General Orders No. 23, issued by Major General Banks at New Orleans, dated February 3, 1864. February 28, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed

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civil-military relations↗

Library of Congress1857

Expenditures, etc., in Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports in regard to expenditures and liabilities of persons called into the service of the United States in the Territory of Kansas. January 13, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed

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kansas↗

Library of Congress1862

Revolving batteries and river and harbor defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 29th ultimo, transmitting letter of George Vander Heyden in relation to revolving batteries and river and harbor defences. May 7, 1862. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed

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united states↗

Library of Congress1882

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Main Western Theater: Cumberland/Tennessee River Campaign; Offensive in Eastern Kentucky; November 1861 to March 1862; Series 1, Vol. 7, Chapter 17]

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mill springs, battle of, ky↗

Library of Congress1896

In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The Vice President presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, requesting that $7,000 of the amount estimated on page 249 of the book of estimates for 1897 for "battle lines and sites for tablets at Antietam,"

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antietam, battle of, md↗

Library of Congress1900

Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for the investigation relating to the relief of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry. January 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

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history↗

Library of Congress1896

National Park at Gettysburg, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Gettysburg National Park Commission, together with a copy of a proposed amendment of section 4 of an act entitled "An Act to Establish a National Park at Gettysburg, Pa." March 4, 1896. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

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history↗

Library of Congress1880

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting memorial, and other papers in connection therewith, of Capt. Joseph Conrad, U.S.A., petitioning Congress to pass a bill authorizing his retirement as of the grade of colonel, &c. January 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents

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united states↗