United States. Army
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Henry Grierson papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3039
Abstract
Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy...
Dates:
1865-1890
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
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- Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- 1851-1900 1
- Fort Concho (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
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- Muscatine (Iowa) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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