Irvine, Javan B. (Javan Bradley), 1831-1904

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Army officer.

Capt. Irvine served with the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and the 13th U.S. Infantry during the Civil War before serving periodically at Fort Rice, Fort Thompson, and Fort Sully in Dakota Territory with the 22nd U.S. Infantry from 1866 to 1873. His wife, Margaret Louisa Halsted Irvine, and their three children joined him at Fort Sully in 1867. In 1878 Irvine's daughter, M. Louisa, returned to Dakota as a missionary to the Lakota from Cheyenne River Agency at Oahe Mission near Fort Sully. She later married Thomas L. Riggs, director of the mission.

From the description of Family Papers, 1806-1967, (bulk 1859-1902). (South Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 38988694

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creatorOf Irvine, Javan Bradley, 1831-1904. Sketch of the Battle of Bull Run, 1861 July 21. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
creatorOf Irvine, Javan B. (Javan Bradley), 1831-1904. Family Papers, 1806-1967, (bulk 1859-1902). South Dakota State Archives
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associatedWith Irvine family. family
associatedWith Irvine, Margaret Louisa Halsted, 1823-1912. person
associatedWith Oahe Mission (S.D.) corporateBody
associatedWith Riggs family. family
associatedWith Riggs, Margaret Louisa Irvine, 1859-1951. person
associatedWith Riggs, Thomas Lawrence, 1847-1940. person
associatedWith United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 22nd. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864) corporateBody
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Fort Rice (S.D.)
Dakota Territory
United States
Fort Sully (S.D.)
Fort Thompson (S.D.)
South Dakota
United States
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Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
Dakota Indians
Frontier and pioneer life
Soldiers
Women missionaries
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Birth 1831

Death 1904

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