Report of expedition (North Western) to Montana in 1864 for the protection of emigrants under his command / James L. Fisk, Captain & A.2M, 1865 Jan. 13.

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Report of expedition (North Western) to Montana in 1864 for the protection of emigrants under his command / James L. Fisk, Captain & A.2M, 1865 Jan. 13.

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Report, dated Jan. 13, 1865 in Washington, D.C., by Capt. James L. Fisk to Army Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, in Washington, describing the expedition of soldiers and emigrant settlers he led from Fort Ridgely in Minnesota, to the Rocky Mountain mineral fields of Montana and Idaho, between July 15 and Sept. 4, 1864.

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Fisk, James Liberty, 1835-1902

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