Constance Wynn Altshuler Collection

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Stoneman, George, 1822-1894

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Stoneman was born on a family farm in Busti, New York, the first child of ten. His parents were George Stoneman Sr., a lumberman and justice of the peace, and Catherine Rebecca Cheney Aldrich. He studied at the Jamestown Academy and entered the United States Military Academy in 1842; his roommate at West Point was future Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. He graduated 33rd in his class of 60 cadets in 1846. His first assignment was with the 1st U.S. Dragoons, with which he served...

Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888

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Colyer was born in the Bloomingdale, New York on September 30, 1824, and grew up in a Quaker family. His faith was the center of his life and the inspiration for many of his activities. He studied art for four years in New York with John R. Smith, and then was a student at the National Academy. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. From then until the Civil War he painted in New York City. Colyer married Mary Lydia Hancock, a grandniece of Massachusetts G...

Robinson, John H., 1825-1907

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Widney, J. P. (Joseph Pomeroy), 1841-1938

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Joseph Pomeroy Widney was an American physician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He served, briefly after he graduated from college, in the Civil War for the Union and sailed to California after he was discharged for frail health. He travelled all throughout the state and was especially interested in the Spanish and Mexican populations. Widney went back to school in 1865 and earned his medical degree in 1866 from Toland Medical College. He moved to Los Angeles in 1868, where he began h...

Altschuler, Constance Wynn.

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Writer of several books and numerous journal articles on Arizona history. From the description of Constance Wynn Altschuler collection, 1965-1996. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 70689410 ...

Cruse, Thomas, 1836-1914

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Thomas Cruse was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1836. He immigrated to America in 1856, spent seven years in New York, and then traveled to California by steamer in 1863. He prospected for gold throughout the California, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana mining regions for several years without success. In 1876, he discovered a rich lode, at Marysville, Montana, which became famous as the Drumlummon Mine and yielded millions in gold and silver. Cruse sold the mine in 1882 to the London Company Assoc...

Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902

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Biographical note: Explorer, miner, and territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress; known as the "father of Arizona," he was instrumental in gaining territorial status for Arizona. From the description of Poston sketches, ca. 1864-1870. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 49938796 First Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona, 1863-1864; known as the Father of the Arizona Territory due to his lobbying efforts to establish Arizona ...

Upham, Frank Kidder, -1899

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Sanford, George B. (George Bliss), 1842-1908

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Col. George Bliss Sanford was born in New Haven, Conn., Jun. 28, 1842, the son of William Earle Sanford and Margaret Cranney Sanford, of an old New Haven family. After being appointed second lieutenant he was sent to Missouri, where he fought through the Wilson Creek campaign under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. In 1862, Col. Sanford, with his regiment, was with the Army of the Potomac and engaged in the Peninsular and Antietam campaigns. Later he was attached to the staff of Gen. Wesley Merritt in comman...

McCormick, Richard C. (Richard Cunningham), 1832-1901

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Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), politician and journalist, was appointed Secretary of the Arizona Territory im March 1863. From the description of Letter: to Major Ball /by Richard Cunningham McCormick, 1863 Aug 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702130551 Second territorial governor of Arizona; McCormick produced the first issue of the "Arizona Miner" newspaper and later founded the "Arizona Citizen" newspaper in Tucson. From the description of McCormick paper...

Young, S. B. M. (Samuel Baldwin Marks), 1840-1924

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Jimeno, Porfirio, 1841-

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Maxon, Mason Marion

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U.S. Army captain. From the description of Papers, 1869-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951263 West Point Military Academy graduate; Mason served with the 10th Cavalry under Gen. B. H. Grierson as Commander of Troop G at Camp Grant, Ariz. From 1903 to 1904, Maxon was Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Arizona. From the description of Maxon papers, 1885-1904. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat recor...

Pesqueira, Ignacio, 1820-1886

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Veil, Charles Henry, 1842-1910

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Kautz, August V. (August Valentine), 1828-1895

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August Valentine Kautz was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He was a private, 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment (Mexican War); lieutenant, 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment; captain, 6th (3rd) U.S. Cavalry Regiment; colonel, 2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment; commander, Camp Chase; 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Kentucky; 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII (23rd) Corps; Chief of Cavalry and temporary Chief of Staff, XXIII Corps; Assistant Chief, Cavalry Bureau; brigadier general, Cavalry Division, Departm...

United States. Army. California Cavalry Battalion (1862-1865)

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The California Cavalry Battalion was made up of Californians who went east in 1862 to serve in the Civil War; a second group of men joined them in 1863. The battalion became part of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, which served with the Army of the Potomac. They saw action in skirmishes with Colonel John Mosby and his guerrillas as well as several battles including Cedar Creek. They were mustered out in July and August 1865. They are often called the California Hundred. From t...

DuBois, Richard, 1842-1924

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Touey, Timothy, 1852-1887

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Wheaton, Frank, 1833-1903

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U.S. Army General and topographical engineer. Commander of Dept. of the Colorado, 1895-1896. B. May 8, 1833 Providence, R.I.; d. June 18, 1903 Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1866-[1895?]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13807129 Union Army general in the U.S. Civil War. From the description of Letter, 1863 September 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122578455 ...

Safford, A. P. K. (Anson Peasley Keeler), -1891

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Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880

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Heintzelman was born in Manheim, Pennsylvania, to Peter and Ann Elizabeth Grubb Heintzelman. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1826 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry, July 1, 1826, then in the 2nd U.S. Infantry and served on the Northern frontier at Fort Gratiot, Fort Mackinac, and Fort Brady. On March 4, 1833, he was promoted to first lieutenant and served on quartermaster's duty in Florida during the Second Seminole War. On July 7, 1...

Oatman, Olive Ann

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McGarny, Edward, approximately 1823-1867

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Carr, Camillo, 1842-1914

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Tuttle, Edward D., 1834-1928

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Arizona pioneer; Army officer, 4th California Infantry, 1862-1865; and author of articles on Arizona history. From the description of Edward D. Tuttle papers, 1862-1928. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 32022328 From the guide to the Edward D. Tuttle papers, 1862-1928, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) Edward D. Tuttle -- soldier, miner, businessman, legislator, and California and Arizona pioneer -- was born in New York in 1834. He m...

Stammerjohan, George R.

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Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...

Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1693-1740

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Lauderdale, John Vance

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Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873

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Carleton was born in Lubec, Maine. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1839, during the Aroostook War, and took part in the Mexican–American War. He served in the 1st U.S. Dragoons in the American West, participating as a lieutenant in an 1844 expedition to the Pawnee and the Oto. One of Carleton's children, Henry Guy Carleton (1852–1910) was a journalist, playwright, and inventor. In May 1859, Maj. Carleton and K Company of the 1st Dragoons out of Fort Tejon, California, ...

Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871

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American explorer and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : San Francisco, to William Wetmore Story, 1868 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612996 Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed at Vancouver Barraracks, Washington Territory. From the description of Sylvester Mowry letters [manuscript], 1853. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 693881620 From the guide to t...

Hunter, Sherod, 1834-1866?

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Devin, Thomas Casimer, 1822-1878

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Born in New York City to Irish parents. Devin was a house painter and partner in a paint and varnish company with his brother John for much of his early life, while also serving as a lieutenant colonel in the New York State Militia. After the start of the Civil War, Devin formed his militia cavalry company into "Captain Devin's Independent Company" and served as its captain. Late that year, he became Colonel of the 6th New York Volunteer Cavalry, nicknamed the "2nd Ira Harris Guards", which h...

Whitman, Royal, 1833-1913

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Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899

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