Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Hatch letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-3087
Abstract
Born in Bangor, Me., and educated in Norwich, Vt., Edward Hatch emigrated ca. 1852 to Muscatine, Iowa, where he operated a lumberyard (Hatch & Fullerton). After serving with distinction in the Civil War, Hatch on July 28, 1866, was commissioned colonel of one of two new colored cavalry regiments, the 9th U.S. Cavalry. He commanded the regiment for twenty-three years, serving nine years on the Texas frontier before assuming command of the Department of New Mexico (1876-1881). He died at...
Dates:
1867-1870
Louis McLane Hamilton collection
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-356
Abstract
Correspondence, extracts of reports, printed obituaries and resolutions, newspaper clippings, 1867-1867, possibly collected by Benson John Lossing, concerning the life of Capt. Louis McLane Hamilton and his death at the Battle of Washita. Includes correspondence of Philip Hamilton (father) to Lossing, and Robert Mayhew West (forwarding copy of 7th Cavalry resolution on Hamilton's death to the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle); ms. extracts from Custer's July 6, 1867, order praising Hamilton's...
Dates:
1867-1869
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- African American soldiers -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Mexico) -- Description and travel 1
- Correspondence -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- Fort Supply -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Texas -- 1851-1900 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Muscatine (Iowa) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Obituaries -- 1851-1900 1
- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Real property -- Iowa -- Muscatine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Resolutions -- Oklahoma -- Fort Supply -- 1851-1900 1
- Soldiers -- Texas -- Correspondence 1
- Texas -- History, Military -- Sources 1
- Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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