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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Philip St. George Cooke letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321256]
Identifier: MSS SC 2285
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 8 March 1886. Cooke responds to a request to give an account his part in the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, during which a federal army entered Utah. Cooke writes about the march, the wintering at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the establishing of Camp Floyd, Utah, and about his conversatins with Albert Sidney Johnston, who led the expedition.

Dates: 1886