Thaddeus H. Stanton papers, 1835-1929.

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Thaddeus H. Stanton papers, 1835-1929.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50634061

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, memoirs, organizational documents, clippings, magazines, reports / studies, diary / journal, ephemera. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Civil War; Late Indian War; Spanish-American War; 1865-1897; 1899-1917; "Bleeding Kansas", 1850s. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 3rd District of Columbia Infantry Battalion; 19th Iowa Infantry Regiment; Pay Department (Dept.); Paymaster General; Chief of Scouts, Department of the Platte. General description of the collection: The Thaddeus H. Stanton papers include general officer's papers consisting mainly of a scrapbook of clippings and papers on his military career (1861-1899), his retirement, and his death in 1900. Many focus on his service in the Indian Wars, especially the Sioux War of 1876-1877, as the "Fighting Paymaster" and Chief of Scouts. Diary with brief, intermittent entries in 1874.

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