Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter book of Henry C. Merriam, U.S.A., 1865 - 1877
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: 1500.001.23.1.1
Scope and Contents
Topics addressed include: the capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama and the colored troops therein; an Indian skirmish near the Arkansas River; military plan of mobile detachments to fight Indians in preference to establishment of a permanent sub-post; requests for aid of Mexican military in the capture of marauding cattle thieves; matters pertaining to his personal military career; and domestic matters. Press cuttings are also tipped in or pasted in.
Dates:
1865 - 1877