William Carey Brown Papers 1854-1938

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William Carey Brown Papers 1854-1938

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William Carey Brown (1854 – 1939) attended the US Military Academy and served forty-one years in the US Army. Following his retirement he worked to preserve the legacy of the Indian Wars by locating and marking battlefields and gaining recognition and benefits for veterans. Collection contains correspondence, diaries, military papers, maps, publications, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, relating to Brown’s military career which included campaigns against the Indians, service in Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Mexican Punitive Expedition.

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University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Brown, W. C. (William Carey), 1854-1939

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