Military photographs, ca. 1870-1888.

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Military photographs, ca. 1870-1888.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50626641

Summary: A small collection of photographs of Edward Spaulding, his wife, family members, Fort Bidwell, California, Troop C, 2nd Cavalry at Fort Bidwell about 1884, and Fort McDowell officers quarters about 1886. There is one photograph of Edward Spaulding with General Nelson Miles and Colonel Lawton, ca. 1886.

1 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630131

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

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Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm. He worked in Boston, read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He entered the Union Army as a volunteer on September 9, 1861, and fought in many crucial battles. He became a lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of t...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 2nd

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Spaulding, Edward James, d. 1888.

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Biographical note: Army officer; Edward J. Spaulding was born about 1836 in New York and in 1857, enlisted at Chicago, Illinois in the 2nd Dragoons. He served in the Civil War; was stationed at Fort Bidwell in northeastern California with Company C, 2nd Cavalry; and in 1886 was promoted to major, served in the 4th Cavalry and arrived in Arizona serving first at Fort Huachuca and then at Fort McDowell. He died in a shooting accident December 10, 1888. From the description of Military ...

Lawton, H. W. (Henry W.), d. 1899

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