Papers of Charles King, 1875-1954.

Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th

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Cavalry unit in the United States Army that participated in the campaigns against the Indians of the American West. From the description of Correspondence and orders, 1864-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699624 From the guide to the United States Army 5th Calvary correspondence and orders, 1864-1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Corbusier, William Henry, 1844-1930

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Assistant surgeon, 6th Illinois Cavalry and 1st Illinois Light Infantry during Civil War; colonel, U.S. Army, serving as surgeon in the American west. From the description of Record, 1924 April 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28514885 William Henry Corbusier was a surgeon for the 5th U.S. Cavalry under General George Crook. From the description of Indian language vocabularies of William Henry Corbusier, 1851-1927. (Huntington Libra...

Schuyler, Walter Scribner, 1850-1932.

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Born in 1850, Walter S. Schuyler graduated from West Point and served with the United States Army in the trans-Mississippi West during the 1870s and 1880s, developing a close relationship with General George Crook. During and after the Spanish-American War, he saw duty in Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba and also was assigned as a military observer in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War. After his retirement from the army in 1913, he devoted himself fully to the affairs of the Sierra-A...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Wisconsin. National Guard

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The Wisconsin National Guard was established as such by Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, but it was preceded by both a territorial and a state militia (WIHV91-A663). As a result of the lack of uniformity among the National Guard units participating in the Spanish-American War, Congress enacted a law in 1903 to unify the National Guard under federal supervision. The governor, constitutionally, is the commander in chief of the Wisconsin National Guard. However, the National Guar...

Sitting Bull, 1831-1890

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Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan, was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He was born in 1831 in South Dakota. He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions. Sitting Bull greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men. He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn. After the battle, in which many were killed, Sitting Bull le...

Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...

Eaton, George O., 1848-1930.

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King, Charles, 1844-1933

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American Army officer and novelist. From the description of Papers of Charles King [manuscript], 1827-1964, bulk 1887-1929. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812138 Author and soldier; stationed at Camp Verde, Arizona in 1874 under Gen. Crook. King retired from the Army in 1879 to write fiction and non-fiction books about army life. From the description of King papers, 1924-1929. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat rec...

Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890

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Colonel in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1861 June 14. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57616133 Army officer. From the description of Alfred Howe Terry correspondence and journal, 1875-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979900 General, U.S. Army, Department of Dakota. From the description of Notebook, May 1876-August 1876. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State A...