Correspondence, 1878-1880, 1963 (bulk 1878-1880).

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Correspondence, 1878-1880, 1963 (bulk 1878-1880).

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Photocopies of 118 documents, chiefly official correspondence and printed orders related to Captain Nicholas Nolan, 10th Cavalry, from 1878 to 1880. Letters from the winter of 1879 concern the escort and protection of reservation Indians on a hunting expedition, including Kiowas, Comanches and Pawnees. In the summer and fall of 1880, while stationed at Fort Quitman, Texas, Nolan cooperated with Mexican forces along the Rio Grande River, in the pursuit of Indians with the Apache chief, Victorio. Correspondents include Henry O. Flipper and P.B. Hunt.

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Victorio, Apache Chief, -1881

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During the time these documents were written, the Military Division of the Missouri included Texas and the Indian Territory. The 10th Cavalry, better known as the Buffalo Soldiers, was formed after the Civil War. One of the officers was Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American to graduate from West Point. The Irish-born captain, Nicholas Nolan, served with the United States Cavalry from 1852 until his death in 1883. P.B. Hunt was an Indian agent at the Kiowa-Comanche-Wichita Agency, Fort Sil...

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Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940

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Henry Ossian Flipper (b. March 21, 1856, Thomasville, GA-d. April 26, 1940, Atlanta, GA) was a soldier, engineer, and author. In 1873 he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, where he became the first African American graduate. Flipper served in the all-Negro 10th Cavalry Regiment in the Southwest and was accused of embezzling funds in 1881. He was cleared of this charge, but found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and dismissed. Flipper went on t...

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Hunt, P. B.

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