Howard papers, 1879.

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Howard papers, 1879.

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Field diary of Lt. Guy Howard describing scouting along the Gila River, and the San Pedro and San Simon valleys. Tells of marches and Indian encounters, gives distances, and locations of wood, water, etc. He describes the Chiricahua, Dragoon, and White Mountains and southern Arizona military posts including Camp Bowie, Camp Grant, and Camp Huachuca.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Howard, Guy, 1855-1899.

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Army officer; son of Gen. O.O. Howard, born in Maine in 1855 and attended Yale. Served at Fort Whipple in 1878; joined company at Fort Apache in February 1879 and went to Camp Huachuca in March 1879 to command an Indian scout company. This tour of duty ended in February 1880 when he was appointed as aide to his father. He was killed in the Philippines in 1899. From the description of Howard papers, 1879. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 378...