Military
Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:
Bryan Sinclair autobiography
This collection contains photocopies of a typewritten autobiography with handwritten notes and corrections.
Maryetta P. W. Slaughter biographies of Charles Hopkins
Two typewritten biographical sketches about Charles Hopkins and his wife, Mary E.S. Hopkins, written by Slaughter and her daughter, Ida Williams Robison, and a printed Mormon Battalion muster roll with handwritten entries which includes information concerning Hopkins.
Allen Slusher letter
Photocopy and typescript of an order dated Sept. 15, 1838 and addressed to an unnamed sergeant. This item directs the assembling of a company of Missouri Militia at Independence on Sept. 21 and 29, 1838 for the purpose of expelling the Mormons or resisting Indian "invasions."
Albert Aikens Smith papers
Asa B. Smith Army record
Handwritten autobiography, dated 28 July 1923. He writes about joining the Union Army in Ohio in 1862 and his subsequent service in the Civil War until 1865. He served in the 97th Ohio Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 21st Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He describes numerous battles in which he fought and the heavy casualties his regiment suffered. He was shot "threw the left temple" at the battle of Missionary Ridge. After recovering from his wound he rejoined his regiment.
Azariah Smith autobiography and diaries
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Smith was born in New York in 1828 and joined the Mormon Church in 1839. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1840. He kept a diary during his service with the "Mormon Battalion" during the War with Mexico from 1846 to 1848. Smith married in 1850 and moved to Sanpete Valley in 1850. He lived in Manti, Utah, and wrote about his activities and experiences there.
Azariah Smith diary
Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Smith writes of his early life until he started his diary in 1846. He tells about his experiences in the Mormon Battalion and the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Smith also writes about his coming to Utah and his life in Manti, Utah. He also relates incidents in the Black Hawk War when the whites fought the Ute Indians. There are many gaps.
Calvin Schwartz Smith and Ethel Lucile Dimond Smith papers
Charles Ferguson Smith pay voucher
Printed, handwritten, and signed pay voucher dated the "Last" day of Oct. 1858. The item documents the pay Smith received while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth United States Infantry stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah.
The journal of helping with the Armenian relief effort after the earthquake
Photocopy of a handwritten diary entry for 1989. Smith writes about his flights in the Armenian relief effort.