Military
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philip St. George Cooke letter
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.
Albert Sidney Johnston military pay record
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).