Letter : Cantonment Davis, Creek Nation to Jefferson Davis, 1862 Mar 22.

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Letter : Cantonment Davis, Creek Nation to Jefferson Davis, 1862 Mar 22.

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Docketed ALS in which Pike describes the battle, denouncing the use of Native American troops, noting that they had enlisted only on the promise that they would serve in Indian Territory, and listing his complaints against the conduct of the war in the West.

1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8016313

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Pike, Albert, 1809-1891

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General Albert Pike (1809-1891), grand commander of the Supreme Grand Council, Southern Jurisdiction, of the Scottish Rite, 1859-1891. From the description of Letter to Bro. Hayden /by Albert Pike, 1885 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128274 After his work as commissioner to the Indian tribes west of the Arkansas, Pike was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in November, 1861. He recruited Native American troops on the promise that they would o...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...