Folder 1
Container
Call Number: RH MS P154
Contains 6 Results:
Letter to "my darling mother" dated "in the field", Las Palermas, N.M, April 29, 1880
File — Folder: 1, item: 1
Scope and Contents
Mentions family affairs and briefly comments on the Indians.
Dates:
April 29, 1880
Letter to "my dear mother" dated "cavalry outpost", Knights Ranche, N.M, September 18, 1880
File — Folder: 1, item: 2
Scope and Contents
Mentions family travels and fighting Indians.
Dates:
September 18, 1880
Letter to "my darling mother" dated Ft. Cummings, N.M, December 3, 1880
File — Folder: 1, item: 3
Scope and Contents
Mentions visiting his wife and son at Ft. Bayard. Comments on Indian wars and a court martial.
Dates:
December 3, 1880
Letter to "my darling mother" dated Fort Bayard, N.M, May 21, 1881
File — Folder: 1, item: 4
Scope and Contents
Mentions family travels and being sent to Ube country in Colorado to fight Indians.
Dates:
May 21, 1881
Letter to "my darling mother" dated "in camp" near Fort Cummings, N.M, August 8, 1881
File — Folder: 1, item: 5
Scope and Contents
Mentions waiting for railroad to be fixed, the fighting and missing his family.
Dates:
August 8, 1881
Regimental orders no. 41 of the 9th U.S. Cavalry announcing death and official mourning of George W. Smith. Santa Fe, N.M, September 8, 1881
File — Folder: 1, item: 6
Scope and Contents
Gives brief history of Smith's military career and circumstances of his death.
Dates:
September 8, 1881