Letters of Captain Alexander B. MacGowan, 1862-1887.

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Letters of Captain Alexander B. MacGowan, 1862-1887.

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Most letters are addressed to his wife and his son, George P. MacGowan, with some other correspondence as well. Other correspondents include Mrs. S. E. K. Ames, Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, and Mrs. George W. Hazel, who was MacGowan's sister. Letters from George P. MacGowan to George G. Heye, letter to George MacGowan from Paul D. Moody, President of Middlebury College, VT. Report of Operations by E. A. Carr at Fort Apache mentioning MacGowan's gallant acts. Telegram from E. A. Carr at Fort Apache to General Wilcox mentioning MacGowan's service. Most of the letters are postmarked from within the Arizona Territory or what is now Arizona. Many are from Fort Apache; some come from New Mexico, Idaho, and Wyoming, including San Pedro Crossing, Fort Barrett, Mimbres River, Turkey Creek Hill, La Mesilla, Goose Creek, and Cienega de Suez. Letters relate to the Indian Wars, describe the conditions of traveling to find Indians. Descriptions of the land and the wildlife include an account of finding an unknown species of diving bird. Later letters to George include college and life advice for him while he is a student at Middlebury College. Newspaper clipping of a news article about Camp Thomas and the Arizona Apache that mentions Captain MacGowan. The letters give detail on the fights between the troops and the Indians. Collection contains an index of the letters.

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Middlebury College

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Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830-1910

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Carr was born in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, 19th in a class of 44 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, seeing his first bit of combat on October 3, 1854 against Apaches near the Sierra Diablo Mountains. By 1861 he had been promoted to captain (June 11, 1858) in the old 1st U.S. Cavalry (later designated the 4th U.S.) and comm...

Huntington Free Library

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Wilcox, Orlando Bolivar.

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Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957

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George Heye was the President of the Museum of the American Indian. From the description of Letters to George and Thea Heye from Lorenzo Chavez and other Zuni Pueblo Indians, 1916-1930. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64063650 ...

MacGowan, George P.

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George P. MacGowan was born in San Francisco in 1863. His family primarily lived on military posts in California where his father, Alexander B. MacGowan, was stationed. In 1876 George attended boarding school in New York state, graduating from Mechanicville Academy in 1881. He attended Middlebury College; his diary indicates that he graduated from college, probably Middlebury. MacGowan participated in the gold rush at Rampart, Alaska. He came in on the "St. Michael" in 1897, spent the winter, an...

Hazel, Mrs. George W.

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Ames, Sarah Etta King, 1827-1894

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MacGowan, Alexander B.

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Captain Alexander MacGowan served with the Twelfth Infantry and was Provost Marshall in charge of Indian prisoners at Fort Apache. He actively fought against Indian rebellions in Arizona and was recognized for his actions in battle. In Arizona Indian and Government relations during the 1880s were very turbulent. It was from Fort Apache that Indians such as Geronimo were pursued. From the description of Letters of Captain Alexander B. MacGowan, 1862-1887. (Cor...

United States. Army

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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...

Hamlin, Cyrus, 1811-1900

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Cyrus Hamlin was a Congregational clergyman and missionary to Turkey for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was founder and president of Robert College, Constantinople (1860-1877). George Washburn was a Congregational clergyman, missionary to Turkey, professor, and president of Robert College (1878-1903). He was married to Henrietta Hamlin, daughter of Cyrus Hamlin. From the description of Additional family correspondence, 1850-1915. (Harvard University). Wo...