Military
Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:
Philip Henry Sheridan letters
Handwritten and signed letters all written in May, June, and July of 1876 and sent from Chicago, Illinois. Six of the items were written to Wesley Merritt who was with the 9th cavalry and later commanded the 5th cavalry. Sheridan gives orders and suggestions relating to the campaign against the Indians.
William T. Sherman correspondence with Frederick van Vliet
Handwritten and signed letters. On April 22, 1861 Frederick van Vliet at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas wrote to Sherman requesting his recommendation for a commission in the United States Army. Sherman wrote his reply on the same sheet of paper on April 25, 1861 at Saint Louis, Missouri. Sherman recommended van Vliet be made an officer of cavalry.
William T. Sherman letter
The William T. Sherman letter is addressed to Francis Amasa Walker and is dated August 20, 1874. At the time of the writing, Sherman was the Commander-in-Chief of the US Army. Sherman expresses his views on the topic of a book, and adds comments on the Mormon problem-suggesting that both Mormons and Indians must be assimilated into American society to survive the consequences of the westward movement.
Jessie M. Hewins Sherwood collection
Hugh Shick papers
Photocopies of handwritten notes, indexes, and bibliographies relating to George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, and the Seventh Calvary.
E. Gene Shumway family papers
R. Phil Shumway autobiography
Andrew Jackson Shupe diary
Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones
Letter of Henry Hopkins Sibley to E. H. Jones, 24 July 1859, Ft. Laramie. Contains a reference to "the Mountain Meadow Orphans, Wards of the Nation," who were then at Ft. Laramie. Important letter tracing the route of the small children not killed at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 11 September 1857.
L. Simmons certificate of discharge
Certificate of discharge. Simmons was from Williamson, Texas, and apparently served for the British in the "Imperial Light Horse" in South Africa during the Boer War.