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Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
Warrenton (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
Alfred Mordecai (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
October 23rd, 1887 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
May 5th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
1832 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
1804 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
1887 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
January 3rd, 1804 AD (search for this): entry mordecai-alfred
Mordecai, Alfred 1804-1887 Military officer; born in Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 3, 1804; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1823; promoted captain of ordnance in 1832; became a member of the ordnance hoard in 1839; was appointed assistant inspector of arsenals in 1842; and resigned from the Army May 5, 1861. His publications include Digest of military laws; Ordnance manual for the use of officers in the United States army; Reports of experiments on gunpowder; and Artillery for the United States land service, as devised and arranged by the ordnance board. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 23, 1887.
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