Andrew T. Fitch letters to his family, 1866-1880.

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Andrew T. Fitch letters to his family, 1866-1880.

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21 ALS from Fitch to his father, brother Luther, and sisters Caroline and Harriet. Dated from his departure from New York to join the Army to his return in 1880, Fitch writes of encounters with, and raids by, the Sioux,Cheyenne, Arapaho and Apache Indians; journeys from fort to fort and on reconnaissance; unrest in New Mexico between Texans and Mexicans; the use of troops to protect the government staff of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, and to preserve order during the 1866 election in Missouri; and society at Fort Sill, Indian Territory.

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Fitch, Harriet Satterlee

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency

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Fitch, Caroline.

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Fitch, Luther, 1783-1880

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Fitch, Andrew

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Andrew T. Fitch served in the Civil War, and joined the Army in 1866 as Acting Assistant Surgeon to the Third Infantry in the Indian Territory and Kansas. He moved throughout Indian Territory, Kansas and New Mexico from 1866 to 1880, serving at Forts Riley, Harker, Stanton, Sill, Fletcher (later Ft. Hays) and Camps Webb and Supply. From the description of Andrew T. Fitch letters to his family, 1866-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144753 ...