Robert P. Gardner military papers, 1856-1904.

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Robert P. Gardner military papers, 1856-1904.

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Military commissions, promissory note, orders, military scrip, and land grant, July 1856-Jan. 1857, of Robert P. Gardner, most signed by William Walker, president of Nicaragua; and a blue ribbon bearing the words "Nicaragua independiente". Also, a letter from his sister Lydia, 21 Aug. 1861, sent during his service in the Civil War; an article from The Saturday Evening Post, 1903, on filibuster William Walker; and several newspaper articles, including obituaries of Robert P. Gardner and Henry Marshall, who also served with Walker in Nicaragua. The collection includes a letter written by Robert's brother Charles to his father while a prisoner at Salisbury, N.C., 16 July 1862, and eleven illustrated Civil War envelopes (without letters), most addressed to either Robert P. or Gayer Gardner, and postmarked in 1861.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Gardner, Charles F., 1836 or 7-1887.

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Marshall, Henry, 1829 or 30-1904.

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Gardner, R. (Robert), 1890-

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Buffalo, N.Y. resident. Served with William Walker in Nicaragua, as a lieutenant in the 1st Rifle Battalion, and in the Civil War with the 21st New York Volunteers. Gardner's two brothers, Charles and Gayer, also served in the military during the Civil War. From the description of Robert P. Gardner military papers, 1856-1904. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 182723901 ...

Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...