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Military orders

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John Steele military service papers, 1868-1903

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains papers related to Steele's service in military, including the Mormon Battalion and Nauvoo Legion in Utah. Includes materials about Steele seeking an increase in his pension for his service in the Mormon Battalion and subsequent injuries suffered there. Also includes several orders that Steele received as Major in the Nauvoo Legion during the Indian Conflict in southern Utah in 1868-1870. These were collected and transcribed by Cathren Steele Riding in 1936.

Dates: 1868-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 528, John Steele papers

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