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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1820 - 1891

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Jackson Faulk letters and speeches

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3070
Abstract Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1862-1870, of A.J. Faulk, written chiefly during his 1867-1869 governorship of the Dakota Territory concerning U.S. government's intention to stop a proposed expedition to explore and settle unceded Black Hills Indian lands, the Indian Peace Commission, the mustering of volunteer cavalry, appropriations for the relief of destitute upper Missouri tribes, etc. Also, Dec. 1867 annual address to the territorial legislature discussing, among many issues, the...
Dates: 1862-1870

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

Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mason
Abstract

Nineteen letters from Otis Mason, a sergeant in the Civil War to his Illinois wife, Francema Otis. Twelve letters from various friends and family, and a wedding invitation are also included.

Dates: 1863-1876; Majority of material found within 1863-1868

L. S. Willard letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willard
Abstract

First Lieutenant in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G, who later served as major and aide-de-camp to General James Birdseye McPherson. Includes letters home to family from Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, from Camp Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Tennessee, and Louisiana, 1862-1864.

Dates: 1862-1864

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

Richard Irving Dodge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT folio Graff-1110
Abstract

Twenty pocket journals (all but six with transcriptions), 1875-1883, kept during Richard Irving Dodge’s active service as a United States Army colonel in the American West, plus correspondence, military documents, broadsides, miscellany and photographs relating to Dodge’s life and career.

Dates: 1863-1905

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  • Subject: Manuscripts, American X

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Manuscripts, American 5
Correspondence -- Southern States -- 1851-1900 2
Great Plains -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Soldiers' writings, American 2
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Brimfield (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Brimfield (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Camp Benton (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862 1
Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Dakota Territory -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Kansas -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Oklahoma -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- South Dakota -- Deadwood -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Texas -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Dakota Territory -- Politics and government -- Sources 1
Deadwood (S.D.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Diaries -- 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
Georgia -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Indians of North America -- Dakota Territory -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869 -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
Kentucky -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Livingston County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Love-letters -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Madison (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Manuscripts, American -- Dakota Territory 1
Manuscripts, American -- West 1
Michigan -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mississippi -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Peoria County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pictorial lettersheets 1
Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Powder River Expedition, 1865 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
Resaca, Battle of, Resaca Ga, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History 1
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) -- History 1
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Personal narratives 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Fairbury -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Kansas -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Southern States 1
Soldiers -- Southern States -- Correspondence 1
Southern States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Speeches -- Dakota Territory -- Yankton -- 1851-1900 1
Springfield (Ill.) -- Description and travel 1
Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Texas -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Topeka (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Whiskey frauds 1
Women -- Suffrage -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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