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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War, board of (search)
War, board of
On June 13, 1776, the Congress appointed John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and John Rutledge commissioners constituting a board of war and ordnance, and appointed Richard Peters their secretary.
This was the germ of the War Department of the government.
It had a general supervision of all military affairs; kept exact records of all transactions, with the names of officers and soldiers; and had charge of all prisoners of war and of all correspondence on the subject of the army.
The secretary and clerks were required to take an oath of secrecy before entering upon their duties.
The salary of the secretary was fixed at $800 a year; of the clerks, $266.66. A seal was adopted.
Owing to the extent
Seal of the board of War. of the field of war, subordinate boards were authorized in 1778.
In November, 1777, a new board was organized, consisting of three persons not members of Congress, to sit in the place where that body should be in sessio
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward , William Thomas 1808 -1878 (search)
Ward, William Thomas 1808-1878
Military officer; born in Amelia county, Va., Aug. 9, 1808; educated in St. Mary's College, near Lebanon, Ky.; studied law and practised in Greensburg; served in the Mexican War as major of a regiment of Kentucky volunteers; was a member of the State legislature; Representative in Congress in 1851-53; served through the Civil War as brigadier-general of Kentucky volunteers, and commanded all troops south of Louisville.
He was in General Sherman's campaigns, and took part in the battles preceding the fall of Atlanta and in the march to the sea. He was brevetted major-general in 1865; mustered out of the service on Aug. 24, 1865; and resumed law practice.
He died in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 12, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster , Joseph Dana 1811 -1876 (search)