Manuscripts regarding the U.S. Army in the American Southwest, ca. 1877.

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Manuscripts regarding the U.S. Army in the American Southwest, ca. 1877.

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This group of items consists of four manuscripts written by George H. Pettis regarding his experiences in the 1st Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers in the American Southwest in the 1860s and 1870s. Two of the manuscripts are about the Civil War in New Mexico, and mention specifically Confederate Captain John Baylor, and the Union General H. H. Sibley, Captain Isaac Lynde, and General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby. The other two manuscripts discuss Pettis' experiences in the Indian Wars in New Mexico and Texas including the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. He talks about Kit Carson, Colonel James H. Carleton, Fort Bascom, Fort Craig, and Fort Fillmore. He also talks in detail about the Navajo, Apache, Jicarilla, Kiowa and Ute Indians.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Baylor, John Robert, 1822-1894

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Lynde, Isaac

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Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873

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Canby was born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky, to Israel T. and Elizabeth (Piatt) Canby. He attended Wabash College, but transferred to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1839. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry and served as the regimental adjutant. Although often referred to as Edward Canby, a biographer has suggested that he was known as "Richard" during childhood and to some friends for most of his life. He was called "Sprigg" by fel...

Pettis, George H.

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Lieutenant George H. Pettis, was commander of Company K, 1st Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers. He is also author of several items about his experiences in the army including Personal narratives of the battles of the rebellion : Kit Carson's fight with the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, which was published by the Historical Society of New Mexico in 1908. From the description of Manuscripts regarding the U.S. Army in the American Southwest, ca. 1877. (Huntington Library, Art Co...

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868

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Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the American West, was a various times a trader, trapper, military scout, Indian agent, and interpreter. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1847-1923. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37653498 Trapper, guide, Indian agent, and army officer. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1842-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453501 Kit Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the Ame...

Graydon, James, 1832-1862

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United States. Army. Regiment, California U.S. Volunteer Infantry, 1st

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Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886

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Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) served in the U.S. Army during the "Utah War" of 1857-1858, and later was the commander of the Confederate expedition sent to seize New Mexico and Arizona during the Civil War - he was defeated at Glorieta Pass. From the description of Henry Hopkins Sibley, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368054025 ...

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, ...