Daniel O. Drennan papers,
Drennan, Daniel O., approximately 1840-1905.
Daniel O. Drennan papers, 1775-1904 (bulk 1861-1895). - 4,750 items. 10 1 containers plus oversize. 4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, military dispatches, reports, notes, documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed material, architectural drawings, memorabilia, and other papers relating to General Philip Henry Sheridan's battlefield command in Virginia in the last months of the Civil War, administration of Reconstruction policy, and actions along the Mexican border. Subjects include other military officers; Indian affairs; Yellowstone National Park; the Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; the Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890; and Fort Dearborn, Illinois. Other materials include annual reports submitted to the U.S. secretary of war by General of the Army William T. Sherman documenting military activities in the West, the Nez Percé uprising, and other Indian campaigns; an account by Colonel A.S. Tracy of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., 1864; and a muster roll of militia volunteers from New York dated April 26, 1861.
In part, transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. Army clerk to General Philip Sheridan from 1865 until Sheridan's death in 1888.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070
mm 78019026
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891.
Tracy, A. S.
United States. Army --Officers.
Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1890-1891.
Fires--Illinois.
Fortification--Illinois.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
Massacres--South Dakota.
National parks and reserves--Idaho.
National parks and reserves--Montana.
National parks and reserves--Wyoming.
Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Fort Dearborn (Ill.)
Mexico--Boundaries--United States.
New York--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Southern States--History--1865-1877.
United States--Boundaries--Mexico.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
Yellowstone National Park.
Clerks, U.S. Army.
Daniel O. Drennan papers, 1775-1904 (bulk 1861-1895). - 4,750 items. 10 1 containers plus oversize. 4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, military dispatches, reports, notes, documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed material, architectural drawings, memorabilia, and other papers relating to General Philip Henry Sheridan's battlefield command in Virginia in the last months of the Civil War, administration of Reconstruction policy, and actions along the Mexican border. Subjects include other military officers; Indian affairs; Yellowstone National Park; the Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; the Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890; and Fort Dearborn, Illinois. Other materials include annual reports submitted to the U.S. secretary of war by General of the Army William T. Sherman documenting military activities in the West, the Nez Percé uprising, and other Indian campaigns; an account by Colonel A.S. Tracy of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., 1864; and a muster roll of militia volunteers from New York dated April 26, 1861.
In part, transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. Army clerk to General Philip Sheridan from 1865 until Sheridan's death in 1888.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070
mm 78019026
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891.
Tracy, A. S.
United States. Army --Officers.
Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1890-1891.
Fires--Illinois.
Fortification--Illinois.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
Massacres--South Dakota.
National parks and reserves--Idaho.
National parks and reserves--Montana.
National parks and reserves--Wyoming.
Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Fort Dearborn (Ill.)
Mexico--Boundaries--United States.
New York--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Southern States--History--1865-1877.
United States--Boundaries--Mexico.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
Yellowstone National Park.
Clerks, U.S. Army.