220 years ago, on September 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department first established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
United States military history is one of the subject strengths of the Opening History aggregation of digital collections, with over 40 digital collections focusing on this subject. For example, America at War digital collection chronicles the military history of the United States from the 1760s through the Vietnam War and provides an insight into how Louisiana impacted and was impacted by national and international engagements.
The item featured below, courtesy of America at War collection, is a letter from Brigadier General (U.S. Army) to Major Edmund P. Gaines, Recruiting officer, 24th Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Army, written in May of 1812.
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