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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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United States Cabinet department (1789-1947)

Born 1789
Died 1947

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  • Cover of: Letter from the Secretary of War: accompanying a statement of the present military establishment of the United States, marked A : and, an estimate of all the posts and stations for which garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of men requisite, in his opinion, for each garrison, marked B : 24th December, 1801 ...

    First published in 1800 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: Message from the President of the United States: transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War accompanied with sundry documents, in obedience to a resolution of the 31st of December last, requesting such information as may tend to explain the causes of the failure of the arms of the United States on the northern frontier ...
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    First published in 1799 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Ordnance maintenance: 155-MM guns M1 and M1A1 and carriage M1; 8-inch howitzer M1 and carriage M1; heavy carriage limber M2

    First published in 1940 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Annual Report of the Secretary of War
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    Cover of edition annualreportsec19deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec05deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec13deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec12deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec09deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec17deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec07deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec10deptgoog Cover of edition annualreportsec14deptgoog First published in 1862 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: A manual for courts-martial.
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    Cover of edition cu31924020025494 Cover of edition manualforcourtsm00unitiala Cover of edition manualforcourtsm00unitrich Cover of edition amanualforcourt01deptgoog First published in 1895 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Report from the secretary of war: in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting the official report of the action of the 25th December, 1837, with the Seminole Indians.
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    First published in 1831 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Handbook on German Military Forces
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    Cover of edition TME-30-4511945 First published in 1943 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Message of the President of the United States: communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the instructions and correspondence between the government and Major General Wool, in regard to his operations on the coast of the Pacific ...

    First published in 1855 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: [Letters of Secretary of War on extending limits on south side of West Point military reservation.]

    First published in 1886 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Infantry drill regulations, United States Army. 1911.: With corrections to November 1913.
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    First published in 1911 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies
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    Cover of edition officialmilitary0000unit First published in 1891 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The infantry exercise of the United States Army: abridged for the use of the militia of the United States.
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    First published in 1815 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: War-Office, January 18, 1790.: Sir, Having submitted to your consideration a plan for the arrangement of the militia of the United States, which I had presented to the late Congress, and you having approved the general principles thereof, with certain exceptions, I now respectfully lay the same before you, modified according to the alterations you were pleased to suggest.

    First published in 1790 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.
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    Cover of edition warrebellionaco01housgoog First published in 1880 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Instruction for field artillery.
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    First published in 1860 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Food Furnished by Subsistence Department to Troops in the Field.

    First published in 1900 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: War-Office, January 18, 1790.: Sir, Having submitted to your consideration a plan for the arrangement of the militia of the United States, which I had presented to the late Congress, and you having approved the general principles thereof, with certain exceptions, I now respectfully lay the same before you, modified according to the alterations you were pleased to suggest

    First published in 1790 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Basic field manual.: Thompson submachine gun, caliber .45, M1928A1, December 31, 1941

    First published in 1929 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Expedition from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton: Letter from the secretary of war, in answer to resolution of House ... transmitting report of Captain J.L. Fisk, of the expedition to escort emigrants from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton ...

    First published in 1863 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Instruction for heavy artillery
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    First published in 1851 — 4 editions
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United States Cabinet department (1789-1947)

Born 1789
Died 1947

Subjects

United States, United States. Army, History, Appropriations and expenditures, United States. War Dept, Armed Forces, Handbooks, manuals, Militia, English, Regulations, Indians of North America, Drill and tactics, Conversation and phrase books, Officers, Registers, Supplies and stores, Claims, Government relations, Maintenance and repair, Military law, United States. Army. Infantry, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Artillery, Soldiers, Recruiting, enlistment

Places

United States, Confederate States of America, Philippines, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, Texas, West (U.S.), Mexico, Cuba, Mississippi River, China, Massachusetts, New York (State), North Carolina, Old Southwest, Puerto Rico, Washington (D.C.), Yellowstone River, California, Germany, Illinois River (Ill.), Maryland, Minnesota, Montana

People

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Benjamin G. Orr, E. Steen, Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Adna Romanza Chaffee (1842-1914), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818), Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Edwin R Samsey, Francisco. [from old catalog] Astorga, Gaston Raoux Raousset-Boulbon comte de (1817-1854), George S. Patton (1885-1945), Geronimo (1829-1909), Henry B. Sainte-Marie, Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Irvin McDowell (1818-1885), James Johnson (1774-1826), Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), John Armstrong, John B Day, John Begley, John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783, War of 1812, 1789-1869, World War, 1939-1945, 1775-1865, 1790-1794, 1861-1865, 1866-1895, 1898-1935, 19th century, World War, 1914-1918, 1783-1815, 1797-1801, Philippine American War, 1899-1902, To 1900, War with France, 1798-1800, 1789-1797, 1789-1801, 1815-1875, 1821-1865, 1851, 1861-1865, Civil War--Maps, 1861-1865. Civil War--Regimental histories, 1861-1865. Civil War--Sources

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Alternative names

  • United States War Dept.
  • War Department
  • War Office
  • U. S. War Department

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