Contains the following types of materials: diaries, newspaper clippings. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Mexican War, Civil War, Indian Wars. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Light Infantry Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Pitcher Family papers include officers'diaries, march on Mexico City, Battle of Contreras, rosters of Army division and regimental staffs, officer casualties, earthquake, Civil War era newspaper clippings of operations in North Carolina and Kentucky, 1st Cavalry Regiment expedition into mountains of Idaho to investigate alleged murder of two miners by Indians.
