William Rufus Shafter papers, 1862-1916.

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William Rufus Shafter papers, 1862-1916.

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Military orders and correspondence concerning Shafter and his Civil War and post-Civil War service; manuscript address, 1902, reminiscing about his Civil War service, and another address about the Santiago campaign; correspondence from his friends, and from his daughter Mary Shafter McKittrick.

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Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...

McKittrick, Mary Shafter.

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