David Sloane Stanley diary transcripts, 1853, 1872.

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David Sloane Stanley diary transcripts, 1853, 1872.

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Transcripts of two diaries maintained by this career United States Army officer. One covers an 1853 overland journey from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to San Diego, California, with the 2nd United States Dragoons. The other covers an 1872 expedition, which Stanley commanded, in search of a feasible route for a railroad through the Yellowstone area.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

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Staneley was born (1828) in Chester, Ohio; graduated from West Point (1852); served at various army posts (1852-1861) in Texas, California, Kansas, and Arkansas; and fought in the Civil War, with major engagements at Corinth (1862), the Atlanta Campaign, and in Tennessee (1864). Stanley was mustered out in 1866, served in Indian campaigns in the West, and led an expedition (1873) to the Yellowstone River. He retired from the army in 1892 and died in Washington, D.C. in 1902. His military promoti...