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History and war record of John O. Stotts, Sergeant Co. G, 3rd Regt, U.S. Infantry
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P155
Overview
Stotts relates his experiences joining the army at St. Louis in 1866 and traveling over the Great Plains to Fort Lyon, Colorado. He describes killing buffalo and witnessing a Native American killing a bison; an encounter with members of a Native American village near [Zara?], Colorado; Fort Dodge and Buffalo Bill; Bent's Fort and the Bent family; flooding of Fort Lyon and the construction of New Fort Lyon; and the wars with Native American tribes, including comments on Satanta (Set-Tainte,...
Dates:
1866 - 1868
Letters to Catherine H. Smith, and official military announcement of his death
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P154
Overview
Five letters from George W. Smith to his mother. The sixth item are regimental orders announcing Smith's death.
Dates:
1880 - 1881