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Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Louis McLane Hamilton collection

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-356
Abstract Correspondence, extracts of reports, printed obituaries and resolutions, newspaper clippings, 1867-1867, possibly collected by Benson John Lossing, concerning the life of Capt. Louis McLane Hamilton and his death at the Battle of Washita. Includes correspondence of Philip Hamilton (father) to Lossing, and Robert Mayhew West (forwarding copy of 7th Cavalry resolution on Hamilton's death to the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle); ms. extracts from Custer's July 6, 1867, order praising Hamilton's...
Dates: 1867-1869