Deployment of Forces and Erection of Fortifications
Document 1799Hamilton expresses in detail his recommendations regarding the deployment of forces and the erection of fortifications. He believes strongly that the soldiery should be used for this purpose whenever practicable.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton expresses in detail his recommendations regarding the deployment of forces and the erection of fortifications. He believes strongly that the soldiery should be used for this purpose whenever practicable.
Date
10/31/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799103137200
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War [McHenry]
regiments of infantry
batallion of riflemen
regiment of dragoons
Eventual Army
Major Daniel Bradley in North Carolina and Virginia
Major Jonathan Cass in Delaware
Major John H. Buell in Vermont
Inspectors of Divisions and Brigades
Judge Advocate
Negroes
whites
watermen
Ebenezer Stevens
mathematical teachers
Spanish governor
deserters
citizens of the western country
Notable locations
New York
posts below the confluence of the Ohio with the Mississippi
rapids of the Ohio
Norfolk, Virginia
Frederick Town, Maryland
West Point, New York
Loftus's Heights
seaboard of South Carolina and Georgia
Fort Stoddard
confluence of the Rivers Tennessee and Cumberland with the Ohio
Savannah, Georgia
Spain
Tennessee
Kentucky
north and southwestern territories
Notable items
obstacles of the navigation
ration
recruiting for the corps
bounty money
clothing
fortification
skills as an engineer
fort
redoubt
citadel
coup de main
battery
territorial boundary
seige
brick
wood
obstacle from the climate...in reference to out southern frontier
heats of July and August
sultry damps of September
aid of blacks
exertions of whites
gallies
mathematical instruments
military academy
winter
arrears of pay due to the troops of the western quarter
affair of boats
Indian affairs
emergencies
economy