Drennan, Daniel O. approximately 1840-1905 creator mixed material monographic eng 4,750 10 1 4 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. Open to research. 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 Some material transferred to Manuscript Division's Philip Henry Sheridan papers in 1960. Sheridan, Philip Henry 1831-1888 Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 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 mm 78019026 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007070.3 Open to research. DLC 790119 20260227111623.0 mm 78019026