Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1831 - 1888
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Henry Grierson papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3039
Abstract
Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy...
Dates:
1865-1890
Christopher C. Augur Papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3008
Abstract
United States army officer, 1843 to 1885. Correspondence, printed and manuscript military orders and reports, letter-books, a miscellany of accounts and receipts, clippings, memorabilia and maps, mainly documenting Augur's military activities and commands before and during the Civil War, and post-war service in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and the Gulf.
Dates:
1780-1912; Majority of material found within 1846 - 1885
O. C. McNary papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-3128
Abstract
Printed and handwritten army orders, 1882-1886, and letters written by O.C. McNary during 1885 from Indian Territory to his family in Kansas and Pennsylvania. From Camp Russel, Fort Reno, and a camp at Skelton Ranch, McNary's correspondence documents his trips via ambulance and mules throughout the Indian Territory. He describes road conditions, the Ponca and Oto agencies and Indians, a prairie fire, a visit with friends in Arkansas City, and the murder of a Chickasaw Indian by outlaws at...
Dates:
1873-1886; Majority of material found within 1882-1886
Orville E. Babcock Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Babcock
Abstract
Orville E. Babcock was American brevet Brigadier General, Aide-de-Camp to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, and Private Secretary to Grant during his presidency, 1869-1877. Collection is primarily correspondence relating to Babcock’s military career, service as private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency, role in the Whiskey Ring trials of 1875-1876, and private life. Collection also contains newspaper clippings, photographs, military service records and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1849-1947; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1898
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- Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Chickasaw Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
- Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
- Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- Indian Territory -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Texas -- 1851-1900 1
- Fort Concho (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Great Plains -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Indian Territory -- Description and travel 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Sources 1
- Kansas -- Description and travel 1
- Love-letters -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Military prisons -- Kansas -- Fort Leavenworth -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Orders -- Kansas -- Fort Leavenworth -- 1851-1900 1
- Oto Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
- Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Ponca Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
- Red River War, 1874-1875 -- Sources 1
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History 1
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) -- History 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Texas -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Travel literature -- Indian Territory -- 1851-1900 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877 1
- Whiskey frauds 1 + ∧ less
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