Fort Ellis-Gustavus C. Doane collection, 1865-1930.

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Fort Ellis-Gustavus C. Doane collection, 1865-1930.

Collection includes material pertaining to both Fort Ellis and Lieutenant Doane: the complete handwritten report of Doane regarding the Howgate expedition of 1880; quartermaster and ordnance returns from the Second Cavalry signed by Doane and Lieutenant E.J. McClernand at various posts including Fort Ellis and Fort Maginnis, Montana Territory, and the Presidio, San Francisco, California; military returns from the first battalion Mississippi Marine brigade 1865-1867; prescription book from Dr. John H. Kuhle, Fort Ellis, 1876; file of correspondence by Mary L. Doane 1930 ; various printed materials pertaining to military matters and the Grand Army of the Republic.

.8 linear ft.

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Doane, Mary L.

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Doane, Gustavus Cheyney, 1840-1892

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First Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane was a career officer and explorer with the Second U.S. Cavalry Regiment. He was stationed periodically in Montana Territory from 1868 to 1885. From the description of Gustavus C. Doane papers, 1881-1882. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 75970148 Gustavus Cheyney Doane was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on May 20, 1840, and grew up in California. He graduated from the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara in 1861, a...