Letters Received by the Adjutant General, 1871-1880
Records: 520,496 · Complete: 99%
During the 1870's the Adjutant General's Department was the department of records, orders, and correspondence of the Army and the militia. Its major duties included recording, authenticating, and communicating to troops and individuals in the military service all orders, instructions, and regulations Issued by the Secretary of War; preparing and distributing commissions and military decorations; managing the recruiting service; and consolidating the general returns of the Army. (NARA M666)
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"Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General, Main Series, 1871-1880" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/814/letters-received-by-the-adjutant-general-1871-1880: accessed May 18, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Letters Received by the Adjutant General, 1871-1880
- Total Records
- 520,496 · Complete: 99%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M666
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 17 Aug 2012
- Last Updated
- 24 Sep 2012
- Description
- NARA M666. Unbound letters, with their enclosures, received by the Adjutant General, 1871-1880.
