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United States. War Department (1787-1947)

 

Biography

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. The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

United States War Department records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-652
MS-652
Date(s): 1808 to 1861
Abstract

United States War Department, (1789-1947). The collection contains letters to the Paymaster General in Washington, DC from various officers and others.

US War Department Pension Office letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 828523
Mss 828523
Date(s): 1828-09-23
Abstract

In English.

War Department letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 791207
Mss 791207
Date(s): 1791-03-07
Scope and Contents

Letter from the War Department in Washington to the President of N. H. order from Washington to recruit seventy-five men for army.

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