Fort Crittenden (Utah) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 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
J. W. Phelps diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231044501]
Identifier: MSS 2318
Scope and Contents
These diaries are photocopied from a microfilm copy of the handwritten originals. Phelps kept the diaries primarily when he was involved in the Utah Expedition from 1857 to 1858 and the subsequent military occupation of Utah from 1858 to 1859. These items are volumes 15 to 26 of his diaries. Phelps writes about going to Utah "for suppression of the Mormons." He makes many negative comments on the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He tells about the expedition...
Dates:
1857-1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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J. W. Phelps diaries
John Bates Warall letter
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312305]
Identifier: MSS SC 1392
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter written at Camp Floyd, Utah and addressed to Colonel Daniel Ruggles at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Warall gives a general report on the condition and activities of the camp which includes the establishment of musical bands, temperance societies, masonic lodges, and other organizations and events promoting morale among the soldiers.
Dates:
1859