Papers, 1837-1869.

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Papers, 1837-1869.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41109577

Papers relating to the military career of John Ellis Wool, an American soldier, including a letter, 1837, reporting on the resistance of the Cherokee Indians to efforts to remove them from North Carolina to the western United States; and a report from Buena Vista, Mexico, 1848, concerning the murder of three American soldiers.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869

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Wool, a New York native, was a career U. S. army officer who began his service during the War of 1812, led victorious troops at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War, and commanded several departments in the eastern United States until he retired on August 1, 1863. From the description of Orders No. 302, May 28, 1847. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 301369825 John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) was an American military officer who fought in the...