Order of Indian Wars photograph collection. 1867-1935.

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Order of Indian Wars photograph collection. 1867-1935.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following wars: Indian Wars, World War I (WWI). Contains photographs of the following military units: 6th United States (U.S.) Cavalry Regiment; 3rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment; 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment; 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; 5th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Order of the Indian Wars photograph collection is an incomplete amalgamation from what must have been a fantastic holding originally, according to a typescript inventory. The collection contains mostly portrait photographs of Army officers of the late Indian Wars period up to and including WWI. Also included are numerous photos of American Indians. Many of the images are not original photographs but clippings from magazines and other published sources. There is a photo of First Sergeant "Meat", his wife and daughter, an American Indian who was a soldier in the U.S. Army circa 1885. Meat is wearing the regulation issue Army uniform while his wife and daughter wear native American clothing.

1 box (55 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7600850

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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...