Post orders and letters : Fort Washita (Okla.), 1859-1867, (bulk 1859-1861).

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Post orders and letters : Fort Washita (Okla.), 1859-1867, (bulk 1859-1861).

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Two volumes containing orders and letters of commanding officers of Fort Washita, Indian Territory, from December 1859 to May 1861. Volume entitled Post Letters contains copies of letters in various hands of Captains Thomas J. Wood, Eugene A. Carr, and W. E. Prince to officers including General T. S. Jessup and Colonel S. Cooper in Washington, D. C.; Major D. H. Vinton in San Antonio, Texas; and George G. Waggaman and others in St. Louis, Missouri. The letters document routine administrative matters; issues relating to the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations; interaction with Forts Arbuckle, Smith and Leavenworth; the need for supplies, uniforms, and additional recruits; orders regarding scouting parties; concern about increasing desertions; and potential for attack on the Fort by Indian and non-Indian secessionist sympathizers. The Post Orders volume contains copies of orders by Captains Wood, Carr, and Prince, signed by Adjutants Alfred Iverson, Edward Ingraham, and J. R. Church. The orders relate to conduct of military personnel, court martials, survey boards, manuevers, and the abandonment of the post in 1861. The volume also contains copies of records of Major W. E. Prince of the U. S. Army Recruiting Office in New York City from May 19, 1866 to December 31, 1967. These records include letters concerning enlistment, recruitment, and desertion, and ledger pages containing recruiting office expenditures.

2 v. ; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018613

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cooper, S. Colonel.

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Carr, Eugene Asa, 1830-1910

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Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906

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