John Todd diaries, 1849, 1855.

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John Todd diaries, 1849, 1855.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644388

The volume is Captain Todd's field diary kept during General Selby Harney's punitive expedition against the Dakota Indians in 1855. It contains several detailed sketches of the route from Fort Leavenworth to the Black Hills, including the topography of the Battle of Ash Hollow (Sept. 3), and describes buffalo herds, military life, Black Hills scenery, and Todd's trip to Sioux City, Iowa. The photographs and filmstrip document a copy made by Todd of the notes of Captain Stewart Van Vliet on a journey between forts Laramie and Pierre (Aug. 1849), including detailed maps of the route.

1 v., 5 photographs, and 1 filmstrip.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6802019

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Todd, John B. S. (John Blair Smith), 1814-1872

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Todd was a colonel in the First Volunteer Regiment of Ala. in 1861. From the description of Correspondence, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368256 Relative of Mary Todd Lincoln and friend to both of the Lincolns. With them in Washington at the time of the assassination. From the description of Letters, April 15-May 1, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52332798 ...

Van Vliet, Stewart, 1815-1901

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Union Brigadier General, born July 21, 1815 in Ferrisburg, Vermont. Graduated from West Point in 1840. Died on March 28, 1901 at Washington D.C. From the description of Letter: Baltimore, to Katherine R. Boze, Richmond, 1867 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122488120 American soldier who served as a general for the Union during the American Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609432 From the guide to t...

Harney, William S. (William Selby), 1800-1889

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American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to William W. Belknap, 1875 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270499364 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Missouri, to an unidentified general, 1873 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503849 ...