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McClernand, Edward J. (Edward John), 1848-1926

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1848 - 1926

biographical statement

Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Served with 2nd Cavalry in Montana during the Indian campaigns of the 1870s, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898), and later as Chief of Staff for the Department of the Missouri, headquartered at Omaha, Nebraska. In 1905 he was sent overseas as military attache with the Japanese Army. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1906 and given command of 1st Cavalry. Retired from active duty December 1912.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290342]
Identifier: Vault MSS 498
Scope and Contents

Detailed handwritten account of his activities during the campaigns against the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Nez Perce tribes during the 1870s. His unit was the first on the scene of Custer's massacre on the Little Bighorn (1876), and he describes the battlefield in great depth, and also provides personal speculations on the specifics of the fight.

Dates: 1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana

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