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Fort Crittenden (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Philip St. George Cooke letter

Albert Sidney Johnston military pay record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335835]
Identifier: MSS 1260
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten, signed, and printed pay record dated 3 Dec. 1858. The item is an account of pay requested and received for the period of 1 Oct. through 3 Nov. 1858 when Johnston was stationed at Camp Floyd (Utah).

Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Albert Sidney Johnston military pay record

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