Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutajit General

NATIPNAI ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE GEN0AL SERVICES ADMINfSTRATION WASHINGTON^ 197V RICHARD NIXON President of the

ROBERT L. KUNZIG Administrator of General Services

JAMES B. RHOADS Archivist of the United States

The records reproduced in the microfilm publication

are from

Records of the

Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917

Record Group 9^

in the National Archives

I.Iote: Introductory remarks in this pamphlet include revisions

to the pamphlet issued in 1967. LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL MAIN SERIES 1871-1880

On the 593 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced un- bound letters, with their enclosures, that were received by the Adju- tant General during the period 1871-80. They are a part of Record Group 9!+, Records of the Adjutant General's Office. On June 16, 1775, the Continental Congress resolved that there should be an Adjutant General of the Continental Army and on the fol- loving day selected Horatio Gates for the position. Although there have been numerous organizational and functional changes and some var- iations in rank and title, an Adjutant General has been continuously in office since that date. During the l870's the Adjutant General's Department was the de- partment of records, orders, and correspondence of the Army and the militia. Its major duties Included recording, authenticating, and communicating to troops and individuals in the military service all orders, instructions, and regulations Issued by the Secretary of War; preparing and distributing commissions and military decorations; man- aging the recruiting service; and consolidating the general returns of the Army. The letters and enclosures reproduced in this microcopy were re- ceived from officers and enlisted men of the Army, the Secretary of War, thje President, officials of other Government departments, Members of Congress, Governors of States and Territories, private persons, and business firms. They relate to such topics as the appointment, re- cruitment, transfer, pay, promotion, leave, discharge, and other per- sonnel actions affecting officers and enlisted men of the Army; order*, regulations, and other issuances of the War Department; military expe- ditions and -campaigns; military installations and organizations; and Indian affairs. The letters encompass the years from 1871 to i860 and are part of the largest series of letters received by the Adjutant General's Office. The entire series extends from 1822 to 1889. According to the recordkeeping practice of the time, letters re- ceived were entered in registers, generally in chronological order by date of receipt, and numbered consecutively within each year. The let- ters are arranged to correspond with the arrangement of the numbered entries in the registers. The letters received are endorsed on the back or on a separate cover sheet with the name of the writer, the date of writing, the place of writing, the purport of the contents, the date received, and the file number assigned in the register. The file designation consists of the number assigned to the letter, the symbol "AGO," and the year the letter was received. Because the letters were numbered and entered in the registers according to the dates of receipt rather than the dates of writing, and because there often was a considerable lapse of time between the date of writing and the receipt of a letter in the Adjutant General's Office, there is some overlapping of dates covered by the registers. This overlapping is reflected in the filing arrangement of the letters. Some of the letters bear file citations other than those of the Adjutant General's Office. These citations indicate that at one time or another the letters had been filed in some other office. Occasion- ally drafts of orders, replies to letters received, and related work- ing papers were filed with the letters received to which they relate. There are other variations in the arrangement pattern. (l) Some years after the original filing of these letters the Adjutant General's Office attempted to bring together files relating to certain subjects, which resulted in "consolidated files." For the 1871-80 period, these "consolidations" generally varied in quantity from a few to several thousand papers. Cross-reference slips appear throughout the file and indicate the file number under which the letters were consolidated. Following these introductory remarks is a list of 102 of the more signif- icant consolidations and large files and of the rolls on which they have been reproduced. (2) The annual reports of War Department bureaus and geographical commands are filed together at the end of the letters for each year. After the list of consolidations mentioned in (l) above is a list of annual reports for the same period arranged by year and showing the numbers of the rolls of microfilm on which the reports have been reproduced. (3) In some instances errors were made by clerks when the letters were entered in the registers; sometimes registry numbers were omitted and at other times numbers were repeated. When the num- bers were repeated, the Adjutant General's Office added "^" to the num- ber of the second letter to distinguish it from the first one bearing the same number. Where this has not been done, the National Archives has added, in brackets, "No. l" and "No. 2" to the file designation. Some of the documents originally filed in this series are no longer in the series, others are incomplete, and some enclosures have been sep- arated from their transmittal letters. Some of the registered communi- cations were referred to other offices or agencies and eventually became incorporated in the files of those agencies. Others were removed and filed in different series of records of the Adjutant General's Office. Removals frequently were documented by means of cross-references. Some of the cross-reference slips give the name of the writer, the file num- ber, the date of transfer, and the name of the office to which the records were transferred. Others simply give the file number and the name of the office or person to whom the records were transferred. Where a cross-reference slip or the register of letters received indi- cates a document T.-ras tranferred to another series of records in the Ad- jutant General's Office or to another office, the National Archives has not searched the records in these series to locate the letter entered in the register.

Sometimes the Adjutant General's Office inserted a cross-reference slip bearing one of several special stamps to denote the removal of records, (l) A stamp signifying "To JAG, June 6, 189^," was used to document the transfer to the Judge Advocate General's Office of papers relating to the acquisition or sale of military reservations or public lands under the jurisdiction of the War Department. (2) A stamp stating "Insane Soldier; Papers to Regimental Records Division for file with personal papers; G. W. Pratt," was placed on the cross-reference slip whenever papers were removed relating to insane enlisted men of volunteer units of the Union Army. Many of these papers are now with the Union Army compiled service records. (3) A stamp reading "With records 'Pro- vost Fund1 Archives Div., R. & P. 0., Feb. 2k, [19] Oh," was used to denote the transfer to the Records and Pension Office of records relating to the provost fund, which was composed of unexpended balances in the hands of provost marshals at the end of the Civil War and disbursed for various purposes under the order of the Secretary of War. The records that were transferred were added either to a series of letters received or to a series of vouchers relating to the fund. Both series form part of a group of records collectively known as the "Provost Fund Records." In the same record group are other related records. Available on microfilm are Letters Sent by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1800-90 (M565); Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General, 1805-21 (M566); Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1822-60 (M567); Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1861-70 (M6l9); Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1881-89 (M689); Reg- isters of Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1812-89 (MTll); and Indexes to Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1846, 1861-89 (MJ25).

SELECTED LIST OF CONSOLIDATED FILES AND FILES WITH ENCLOSURES

File Roll 60 AGO 1871 1 Statements, depositions, and other records submitted by Gov. William W. Holden, re- lating to crimes of the Ku Klux Klan against citizens of North Carolina, 1869-71.

113 AGO 1871 2 Correspondence relating to the provision of food and of ammunition for hunting to nearly 3,000 starving Indians of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux tribes under Chief Red Cloud at Fort Laramie, Wyo., 1871-72. 557 AGO 1871 k Report by Brig. Gen. John Pope, commanding the Department of the Missouri, of a pos- sible war with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in the spring of 1871. Included is correspondence relating to conditions at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency and to the agent's defense of its policies against charges by the military officers of inefficient admin- istration . 1305 AGO 1871 10 Correspondence relating to the arrest of Kiowa Chiefs Satanta, Satank, and Big Tree, charged with attacking a corn train of 12 wagons. The arrest was made by troops under Gen. William T. Sherman at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, May-June 1871. 1339 AGO 1871 10 Correspondence relating to the request of financier Jay Cooke that 800 to 1,000 troops be sent to Dakota and Montana Territories to protect the Northern Pacific Railroad engi- neer-surveying parties, 1871. 1612 AGO 1871 12 Reports by Maj. Charles H. Morgan, commanding the post at Raleigh, relating to activities of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, 1871, and to military assistance to local author- ities . 1688 AGO 1871 13 Correspondence relating to the charge by R. W. Flournoy of Pontotoc, Miss., the editor of a paper called "Equal Rights," that the Ku Klux Klan had threatened his life because of his advocacy of civil rights, particularly in education, 1871. File Roll 1723 AGO 1871 14 Copies of letters from revenue officers in the 7th District of North Carolina, the 2d District of Missouri, and the 1st District of South Carolina reporting threats made to them by the Ku KLux KLan and requesting military aid in collecting taxes and sup- pressing illicit distilleries, 1871. 1839 AGO 1871 15 Correspondence relating to the massacre of 23 Apache Indians at Camp Grant, Ariz., on Apr. 30, 1871, by a party of citizens from Tucson. 2019 AGO 1871 16 Correspondence relating to activities of the Sioux Indians in 1871-72 in various locations, including the settlement on the Milk River, Mont.; to activities of Santee, Yankton, and other Sioux tribes; and to the attack on Gallatin Valley, Mont., by Sioux tribes from the Big Horn area. 2klQ AGO 1871 20-22 Papers relating to the war with the Modoc Indians in northern California, 1871-73. 2U65 AGO 1871 24 Correspondence relating to the selection by Vincent Colyer of the Board of Indian Com- missioners of sites for Apache Indian reser- vations at Tulerosa Valley and White Moun- tain, N. Mex., and at Camp Grant and Camp Verde, Ariz., 1871-72. Included is the order by Gen. that the Apaches move onto the reservations by Feb. 15, 1872, or be considered hostile. 2564 AGO 1871 25 Correspondence relating to recommendations that locations of the military posts at Cheyenne, Grand River, Lower Brule', and Whetstone Agencies in be moved to the vicinity of other posts, and that the military station at the Whetstone Agency be discontinued, Apr. 1872. 2586 AGO 1871 26 Reports of MaJ. Louis Merrill, commanding at Yorkville, S.C., and correspondence re- lating to the operation of the Ku Klux KLan in South Carolina, 1871-72. 32U8 AGO 1871 31 Correspondence relating to reports of an Irish-American Fenian Brotherhood movement File Roll against Fort Pembina, Dakota Territory, and extending into Manitoba, Canada, in viola- tion of neutrality laws, 1871-72. 331^ AGO 1871 32 Correspondence relating to requests for the establishment of a military post at Beaver City in southern Utah, 1871-72. Included is information relating to the Mormons and the Mountain Meadows massacre in 1857- 3^85 AGO 1871 33 Papers relating to the Chicago Fire of October 8 and 9* 1871, to the subsequent military occupation of the city, and to the steps taken to feed and clothe the victims of the fire, Oct. 1871 - Jan. l8?2. 3810 AGO 1871 36 Correspondence relating to the buffalo hunt of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia on his visit to the West, Nov. 1871 - Jan. 1872. 3971 AGO 1871 37 Correspondence relating to the successful removal of intruders from lands set aside for the Osage and Cherokee Indians in Kansas, Nov. 1871 - May 1872. 1119 AGO 1872 55 Correspondence relating to the proposed establishment of temporary posts along the Texas frontier to protect U.S. citizens against raiders from Mexico, 1872-73 ("Mexican Border Papers"). 1388 AGO 1872 58 Correspondence relating to reports by William H. Miller, subagent of the Whetstone Agency, Sioux Indian Reservation, Dakota Territory, that the commander of the agency refused to provide a guard to protect the property that was under the charge of the agent, 1872. 1582 AGO 1872 60 Correspondence relating to raids by Comanche and Kiowa Indians in Texas, 1872-73, including the demand by the Kiowas for the release of Chiefs Satanta and Big Tree, and to the scouting expedition under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie to the Brazos River, Tex., June- Sept. 1872. 1603 AGO 1872 6l Correspondence relating to the attack on a Miniconjou Sioux war party by Capt. Charles Meinhold's Company of the 3d Cavalry on the File Ron

South Fork of Loup River, Nebr., and to the subsequent recommendation that the Medal of Honor be awarded to four members of the com- pany, which included William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody, a guide, l8?2.

21U6 AGO 1872 67 Papers relating to crimes committed by the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, 1869-70, submitted at the request of the Congressional Commit- tee on southern outrages, which met at Demopolis, Ala., during the fall of 1871.

2770 AGO 1872 73 Correspondence relating to efforts to force the Utah Indians to go onto the Uintah Valley Reservation, 1872, and to the suspected influence of the Mormons in this matter.

3028 AGO 1872 75 Correspondence relating to changes in the uniform and dress of the Army, recommended by the Board of Officers convened under direction of Gen. Randolph B. Marcy for the revision of the General Regulations of the Army, 1871-73-

3323 AGO 1872 80 Correspondence relating to the attack on the escort party of the surveyors of the Northern Pacific Railroad by Arapaho, Chey- enne, and Sioux warriors on Aug. Ik, 1872, at the mouth of Pryor's River in the Yellow- stone Valley. Included is a journal, which was kept by Maj. John W. Barlow, relating to the escort of the surveying party, July 27- Oct. 1, 1872.

3512 AGO 1872 81 Correspondence and reports of Col. David S. Stanley relating to his escort of Northern Pacific Railroad engineers surveying the proposed railroad route from Heart River, Dakota Territory, to the mouth of the Powder River, 1872. For additional reports by Colonel Stanley, see file 3159 AGO 1873 reproduced on Roll 120.

3699 AGO 1872 83 Correspondence relating to events at the Red Cloud Agency, including Chief Red Cloud's refusal to move to White River and the cap- ture by troops from Fort Laramie of 450 Indian ponies grazing illegally on the south File Roll

side of the Platte River on the Fort Laramie Military Reservation, 1872. AGO 1872 86 Papers relating to the attack by troops under Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie on a village of about 200 Comanches near McClellan Creek, Tex., on Sept. 29, 1873. U882 AGO 1872 93 Correspondence relating to the election of a successor to Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana, to the contest between the parties of William Pitt Kellogg, Republican, and John McEnery, Democrat, for the control of the State government in 1873, and to the use of U.S. troops to back the Kellogg government, 1872-73. 5103 AGO 1872 95 Correspondence relating to the discovery of valuable mines on the Ute Reservation in Colorado, to the extension of the deadline for the removal of intruders on the reser- vation until June 1873, and to the report of a dispute between ranchmen and a band of Utes near Spanish Peaks over pasturage, 1872-73. 5lVf AGO 1872 95 Correspondence relating to the issuance of rations to Ocheo, leader of a band of Paiute /Piute/ Indians, and to the refusal of the Paiutes to return to Yainax, Oreg., 1872-73. For additional correspondence relating to the Paiutes, see file 3313 AGO 1873 reproduced on Roll 121 and file 7111 AGO 1879 reproduced on Roll 536. 5176 AGO 1872 96 Correspondence relating to the scouting expedition of Lt. Charles Morton in Arizona, June 6-19, 1872, during which the troops fought four battles with a band of Tonto Apaches, and to the subsequent recommenda- tion for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to the men on the march, 1872-76. 2933 AGO 1873 118 Correspondence and a report of proceedings of a board of investigation at San Carlos Indian Reservation, Ariz., relating to the murder of Lt. Jacob Almy in May 1873 at the San Carlos Agency by Indians. File Roll Subject 3383 AGO 1873 123 Correspondence relating to the agreement with Cochise, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, negotiated by Gen. Oliver 0. Howard, and to the criticism by Gen. George Crook of the agreement and his request to be allowed to subdue Cochise with force, 1873-74. 4028 AGO 1873 126 Correspondence relating to raids by the Cheyenne Indians in the territory between the Kansas Pacific Railroad and the northern frontier of Texas, 1873. 4477 AGO 1873 130 Correspondence relating to the plundering by the Mescalero Apache Indians in southern New Mexico and to the attack by Capt. George W. Chilson's troops on a party of Mescalero Apaches on the western base of the Guadalupe Mountains, N. Mex., 1873. 4746 AGO 1873 133 Correspondence relating to the removal of nearly 1,000 Winnebago Indians from Wisconsin to , Dec. 1873 - Jan. 1874. 357 AGO 187!* 141 Papers relating to charges by Thomas Baldwin, an acting master of the gunboat Romeo during the Civil War, of illegal disposition to a group of businessmen of cotton that was cap- tured in 1864 by the Yazoo River Expedition under Col. James H. Coates, 1874-75. 554 AGO 1874 142 Papers relating to requests for military aid in Lincoln County, N. Mex., to quell riots and murders caused by cattle herders and Indians, 1874. For more information on the Lincoln County war, see file 1405 AGO 1878 reproduced on Rolls 397-398. 563 AGO 1874 143 Correspondence relating to increased Sioux Indian activities in the Department of the Platte, 1874, including the murder of Lt. Levi H. Robinson while in charge of a lumber train near Laramie Peak, Wyo., and to the request for the establishment of a military post to protect the Red Cloud and Whetstone Agencies. 1224 AGO 1874 147 Correspondence relating to disturbances at the Standing Rock Indian Agency, Dakota Territory, including the arrest of Chief

10 File Ron Bain-in-the-Face of the Hunkpapa /Uncapapa/ band of Sioux for the murder of two men on Col. David S. Stanley's Yellowstone expe- dition, and to the request for troops to enforce the enrollment of Indians at the agency, 1874. AGO 187!* 152 Papers relating to Lt. Col. George A. Custer's Black Hills Expedition, 1874-76, including reports "by the chief engineer of the expe- dition on the physical characteristics of the region. For correspondence relating to the proposed immigration into the Black Hills country in violation of the Indian treaty of Feb. 24, 1869, see file 1356 AGO 1875 repro- duced on Roll 192. 2815 AGO 1874 159-164 Papers relating to the 1874-75 campaign against Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa bands in Indian Territory (the Red River War). 3579 AGO 1874 169-173 Correspondence relating to the operations of troops in the States of Alabama, Loui- siana, and South Carolina during the elec- tion of 1874. Also included are papers relating to the White Leaguers and the race war in Coushatta, Red River Parish, La., 1874-75. 4391 AGO 1874 177 Correspondence relating to providing the people of Nebraska with food, clothing, and arms and ammunition for hunting, after the grasshopper plague and the drought, 1874-75• Also included are reports on the most dev- astated areas. 5009 AGO 1874 l8l Correspondence relating to reports that miners have been working in the Black Hills country of the Sioux Indian Reservation, 1874-75. 1452 AGO 1875 193 Correspondence relating to the appointment of the military commandant as the Indian agent for Alaska and to the imposition of restrictions on trade by the commandant, 1875-76. Also included is Gen. Oliver 0. Howard's report of a tour in Alaska, June 1875,

11 File Roll Subject 150*1 AGO 1875 19^ Correspondence relating to the ouster of James E. Roberts as Indian agent at Fort Apache, Ariz., and the removal of the Apaches from there to the San Carlos Indian Agency by his successor, Agent John P. Clum, 1875- 76. 1653 AGO 1875 195-211 Papers relating to raids into Texas made between 1875 and 188U by parties of Indians and Mexicans from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande ("Mexican Border Troubles"). 3517 AGO 1875 221 Correspondence relating to requests for military protection of the Crow Indian Agency, Mont., from the attacks of the Sioux, 1875- Also included is a report by Capt. George L. Tyler of a fight between Crow, Gros Ventre, and Nez Percl Indians and the 1,200 to 1,500 Sioux Indians below the mouth of the Big Horn River in June 1875. U228 AGO 1875 225 Correspondence relating to charges against Capt. John S. Poland, commanding, U.S. Military Station at Standing Rock Indian Agency, Dakota Territory, of arbitrary action in assuming control of trading and other activities of the Indians and business- men at the agency, 1875-76. 4354 AGO 1875 226 Correspondence relating to the removal of Agent W. F. M. Arny of the Navajo Indian Agency, Fort Defiance, Ariz., after a coun- cil of the principal chiefs of the Navajo nation at Fort Wingate, N. Mex., in July 1875) and to the appointment of Alexander G. Irvine as his successor, 1875-76. 1*676 AGO 1875 228 Correspondence relating to domestic insur- rections in Mississippi during the election campaign in the fall of 1875, including the Clinton riot and the request submitted by Gov. Adelbert Ames for Federal troops to suppress the violence. 5650 AGO 1875 233 Correspondence relating to the fight between Company H, 5th Cavalry, and a band of 60 warriors of the northern Arapahoes south of the Buffalo station on the Kansas Pacific Railway on Oct. 28, 1875.

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6l60 AGO 1875 238 Papers relating to military expeditions against the Sioux Indians in the Big Horn, Powder River, and Yellowstone River areas, Nov. 1875 - July 1876.

6530 AGO 1875 2UO Correspondence relating to the invasion of bandits from Sonora, Mexico, into Arizona and California. Included is a report by a scout under the direction of Maj. James Biddle who was sent to the Sonora line for the purpose of expelling the Mexican invaders, Dec. 1875 - Jan. 1876.

54 AGO 1876 2^5 Papers dated 1876 and 1893-9^ relating to an engagement between the American priva- teer General Armstrong and an English squad- ron in the harbor of Fayal in the Azores in 1812.

1929 AGO 1876 259 Correspondence relating to the total number of Indian scouts authorized to be employed by the Army and to requests for permission to enlist scouts in various departments, 1876-78.

1969 AGO 1876 260 Reports by Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman on the operations of his command on the southern coast in l86l until his forces were merged into the in Mar. 1862. Included are plans to occupy certain points along the Atlantic coast.

2kkO AGO 1876 264 Papers relating to the charge by Gen. George Crook that Col. Joseph J. Reynolds and Capt. Alexander Moore failed to carry out orders in an attack on the village of Chief Crazy Horse near Powder River, Mont, in Mar. 1876, and the subsequent general courts-martial of Reynolds and Moore.

2576 AGO 1876 265 Correspondence relating to the removal of the Chiricahua Apaches to the San Carlos Indian Agency, Ariz., 1876-77.

3559 AGO 1876 271 Papers relating to the allocation of certain lands in Tampa, Fla., as a military reser- vation to be known as Fort Brooke, 1876-78. Included are reports of disputed surveys of boundary lines and a map of the fort as

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surveyed in 1875- 3570 AGO 1876 271 Correspondence relating to Gen. George Crook's battle with the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians under Chief Crazy Horse at Rosebud Creek, Mont., June 1876. 3597 AGO 1876 271 Correspondence relating to the claim of Young Joseph and his band of Nez Perce' Indians to the Wallowa Valley, Oreg., the appointment of a commission to negotiate with Young Joseph, and the removal of this band of Indians to the reservation at Boise, , 1876-77. 3770 AGO 1876 273 Papers relating to the defeat of Gen. George A. Custer and his whole command by Sitting Bull's band of Sioux Indians in the battle on the Little Big Horn River, Mont., June 25-26, 1876. AGO 1876 277-292 Papers relating to military operations in the Departments of the Platte and Dakota against the Sioux Indians ("Sioux War Pa- pers"), 1876-96. AGO 1876 29^ Correspondence relating to the proposed prohibition on the sale of arms and ammuni- tion by Indian traders to Indians, 1876-78. ^788 AGO 1876 298-300 Correspondence relating to the election of 1876 and to the use of U.S. troops to pre- serve order in the South, particularly in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina, 1876-78. 5021 AGO 1876 302 Papers relating to the European tour of Lt. Col. Emory Upton, Brig. Gen. George A. Forsyth, and Capt. Joseph P. Sanger, and their reports on maneuvers of the Russian and Austrian armies, 1876-77. 1322 AGO 1877 322 Correspondence, reports of surveys, and maps of locations of the three wagon roads through the Sioux Reservation in Dakota Territory provided for by the agreement of 1876 with the Sioux. The three routes were from Bismarck to Deadwood City, from Fort Pierre to Deadwood City, and from Fort Nio- brara, Nebr., to Custer City. File RoU 1927 AGO 1877 326 Correspondence relating to the arrest and removal of Geronimo's band of renegade Chiricahua Apache Indians from Hot Springs, N. Hex., to the San Carlos Indian Agency, Ariz., 1877- 2526 AGO 1877 330 Correspondence relating to the appointment of military officers to witness deliveries by contractors at Indian agencies. Also included are reports of the appointed offi- cers, 1877. 2675 AGO 1877 331 Correspondence relating to reports of law- lessness in the Panhandle of Texas and par- ticularly to the hanging by vigilantes of Philip J. Goodfellow, a British subject and a rancher in Texas, 1877- 3464 AGO 1877 336-340 Correspondence relating to the war with the Nez Perc^ Indians in 1877, including the battle at Bear Paw Mountain, Mont. 3821 AGO 1877 3^4 Papers relating to the general court-martial in Apr. -May 1879 of Col. David S. Stanley resulting from his accusations against Col. William B. Hazen of cowardly conduct at the Battle of Shiloh in Apr. 1862 and of perjury in giving testimony concerning post trader - ships at the impeachment trial of Secretary of War William W. Belknap in 1876. 4042 AGO 1877 3^7-357 Papers relating to the military operations of U.S. troops in connection with railroad labor disputes in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, and other States, July -November 1877 ("Strike Papers"). 4751 AGO 1877 360 Correspondence and reports relating to Gen- eral of the Army William T. Sherman's tour of the West, July-Oct. 1877. 4976 AGO 1877 362 Correspondence relating to the Indians in the area of Fort Benton, Mont., including the sustenance of a band of Assinlboine and a band of Gros Ventre Indians, and the expulsion from the United States of a group of half-breed Indians from Canada who had settled on the Milk River, 1877-79. File Roll 5705 AGO 1877 366 Correspondence relating to military opera- tions against the Warm Springs Indians who fled from the San Carlos Indian Agency, Ariz., 1877-79. 7316 AGO 1877 377-379 Correspondence relating to the war with the Bannock Indians and their associated tribes, the Paiutes /Flutes/, Klamaths, and Umatillas ("Bannock Indian War"), 1877-79- 71*1*1 AGO 1877 381 Correspondence relating to requests for establishing a military post in the Black Hills to protect settlers and the subsequent selection of a site for a military reserva- tion at Bear Butte, Dakota Territory, 1877- 78. 1089 AGO 1878 395 Correspondence relating to the Ute Indians of Colorado and to the Nov. 1878 agreement under which these Utes relinquished their rights to 12 million acres of land. AGO 1878 397-398 Papers relating to the use of U.S. troops to suppress lawlessness in Lincoln County, N. Mex. ("Lincoln County War"), 1878-81. For earlier correspondence, see file AGO 1874 reproduced on Roll 11*99 AGO 1878 1*00 Correspondence and claims for compensation (1878-96) for losses sustained during the Nez Perce' Indian War in Idaho in the summer of 1877. 3131 AGO 1878 1*08-1*10 Papers relating to proposals received by the Army Board on Contracts for changes in the regulations for submitting and opening bids for contracts, 1878-82. ^331 AGO 1878 1*16 Correspondence relating to the transfer of division and department headquarters to military posts or to other property belong- ing to the U.S. Government, 1878-79. 1*613 AGO 1878 1*19 Reports from division and department commanders to the Joint Congressional Committee on the Indian Bureau Transfer, showing the number of troops at Indian agencies in each division or department and the estimated cost for maintaining these troops, 1878.

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6238 AGO 1878 426 Correspondence and reports relating to the education of young Indians at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.

6310 AGO 1878 427 Correspondence relating to the arrest of Chief Moses of the Indians in the Columbia River area and the attempts to relocate his band of Indians on the Yakima Reservation, 1878-79.

6470 AGO 1878 4-28-U30 Papers relating to military operations against the Northern Cheyennes, 1878-79- Included is a report by a Board of Officers on the arrest and confinement of a number of Cheyennfe Indians in the vicinity of , Nebr. For more information on the Cheyenne prisoners, see file 8705 AGO 1878 reproduced on roll 449- 772.1 AGO 1878 435-443 Papers dated 1875-80 relating to the Army Equipment Board, which met from Dec. 16, 1878, to Mar. 31, 1879, with Col. Nelson A. Miles as Chairman.

8705 AGO 1878 449 Correspondence relating to the confinement of nearly 150 Northern Cheyennes at Fort Robinson, Nebr., their refusal to return to the Indian Territory, their escape from the fort, and the attack by Capt. Henry W. Wessells1 Company, 1878-79.

375 AGO 1879 456-457 Report prepared by Capt. Joseph P. Sanger on the organization and use of artillery by the armies of Japan, China, Persia, Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, and England, 1879- 1944 AGO 1879 466 Papers relating to the repair and progress of work on the Mullan Wagon Road from Walla Walla, Wash., to Fort Benton, Mont., 1879-84.

2653 AGO 1879 471-488 Papers relating to the intrusion by unau- thorized persons into Indian Territory, in- cluding invasions into Oklahoma Territory, the Cherokee Strip, and Greer County, Tex., 1879-93-

17 File Roll 1*082 AGO 1879 498-510 Papers relating to the proposed revision of the General Regulations of the Army, 1878- 82, by a Board of Officers under Ma j. Gen. Irvin McDowell. The regulations were codi- fied and published in l88l. 4278 AGO 1879 513-517 Papers relating to the Ute Indian uprising of 1879 at the White River Agency, Ariz., and the subsequent military operations and reprisals against Indians, 1879-83. 5107 AGO 1879 521 Papers relating to the Board of Officers consisting of Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Brig. Gen. George Crook, and Col. Jefferson C. Davis, which met in Chicago in 1879 to establish for publication purposes me correct position of troops on the battlefield at Chickamauga, Ga. 5l4l AGO 1879 522 Correspondence relating to the war in 1879 with the bands of Indians in central Idaho known as the Sheepeaters ("Sheepeaters' War"). 6058 AGO 1879 526-528 Papers relating to military operations against Chief Victorio's band of Mescalero Apaches in southern New Mexico, 1879-81- Also included is one letter dated Mar. 13, 1886. 7760 AGO 1879 5^0 Statistics on the number of soldiers and cit- izens killed and wounded and the estimated value of property destroyed in the Modoc, Nez Perce, Bannock, and other Indian Wars, 1866-79> prepared by the War Department in response to a Senate resolution of June 21, 1879- 2993 AGO i860 563 Rosters of officers of each staff office or department in the War Department, showing the different details of service for each officer from 1866 to i860.

18 LIST OF AM1IUAL REPORTS 1871-80 Roll Description

1871 UU Military Division of the South Department of the South Department of Texas Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the Lakes Military Division of the Pacific Department of California Department of the Columbia Department of Arizona Military Division of the Missouri Department of the Missouri Department of the Platte 1872 98 Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the Lakes Department of the East Department of the Gulf Department of the South Military Division of the Missouri 99 Department of Dakota Department of the Platte Department of Texas Military Division of the Pacific Department of the Columbia Department of Arizona

1873 137 Military Division of the Pacific Department of Arizona Department of the Columbia Department of California Military Division of the Missouri Department of the Platte Department of Texas 138 Department of the Missouri Department of Dakota Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the East Department of the Lakes Roll Description

Military Division of the South Department of the South Department of the Gulf

Headquarters of the Army Military Division of the Atlantic Military Division of the South Department of the Gulf Military Division of the Missouri Department of Dakota Department of the Platte Department of Texas Military Division of the Pacific Department of the Columbia Department of Arizona

2U2 Headquarters of the Army Military Division of the Atlanic Department of the South Department of the Platte Military Division of the Pacific Department of the Columbia Department of Arizona

2^3 Bureau of Military Justice Commissary General of Subsistence Chief of Ordnance Department of the Missouri Department of the Gulf Department of Texas

2kk The Surgeon General Chief of Engineers Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C. Leavenworth Military Prison Department of Dakota District of Montana

1876 313 Headquarters of the Army Military Division of the Missouri Department of the Missouri Department of the Platte Included is a report by Maj. Marcus A. Reno, Com- mander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, relating to the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25 and 26, 1876,

20 Roll Description between the 7th Cavalry and Sitting Bull's band of Sioux Indians. 31^ Department of Dakota Included are reports of field commanders engaged in military operations against Sitting Bull and his band of Sioux Indians. Department of Texas 315 Army, Recruiting Service Military Division of thevPacific Department of California Department of the Columbia Department of Arizona Inspector General Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the South

385

386 Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California Department of the Columbia 387 Department of Arizona Military Division of the Missouri Department of the Platte Department of the Missouri Department of Texas 388 Department of Dakota 1878 U51 Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the South Department of the East Military Division of the Missouri Department of the Missouri Department of Texas Department of Dakota Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California h$2 Department of Arizona Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va.

21 Roll Description U53 Department of the Columbia Department of West Point, U.S. Military Academy 1879 5!i3 Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. Military Division of the Atlantic Department of the South Department of the East Military Division of the Pacific Department of California Department of Arizona Department of the Columbia 5^1- Military Division of the Missouri Department of Dakota Department of the Platte Department of the Missouri Department of Texas 5'i-5 Department of West Point, U.S. Military Academy Inspector General Fort Custer, Montana Territory

587 Inspector General, Military Division of the Atlantic Inspector General, Department of the East Office of the Inspector, Department of the South Acting Assistant Inspector General, Department of Arizona Inspector General, Military Division of the Pacific Inspector General's Office, Department of the Platte Inspector General, Military Division of the Missouri Military Division of the Atlantic 588 Department of the East Department of the South Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. 589 Military Division of the Missouri Department of Texas 59^. Department of the Missouri Department of the Platte 591 Department of Dakota

22 Roll Description 592 Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California Department of Arizona 593 Department of the Columbia Department of West Point, U.S. Military Academy

23

COMTEKTS Boll Year and Range Bon Year and Range 1871 1872 1 1-110 45 1-37 2 111-276 46 38-155 3 277-453 47 156-278 4 454-573 48 279-452 5 574-766 49 453-581 6 767-893 50 582-685 7 894-1015 51 686-794 8 1016-1184 52 795-864 9 1185-1279 53 865-986 10 1280-1385 54 987-1048 11 1386-1582 55 1049-1119 12 15&3-1612 56 1120-1229 13 1613-1722 57 1230-1385 14 1723-1816 58 1386-1470 15 1817-1888 59 1471-1581 16 1889-2019 60 1582 17 2020-2111 61 1583-1661 18 2112-2195 62 1662-1757 19 2196-2416 63 1758-1832 20 24l8(pt. ) 64 1833-1922 21 24l8(pt. ) 65 1923-2047 22 24l8(pt.) 66 2048-2145 23 2420-2464 67 2146-2148 24 2465 68 2149-2254 25 2469-2578 69 2255-2399 26 2579-2689 70 2400-2507 27 2690-2791 71 2508-2598 28 2792-2945 72 2599-2747 29 2946-3137 73 2748-2841 30 3138-3247 74 2842-2947 31 3248-3310 75 2948-3028 32 33H-3440 76 3029-3113 33 3441-3622 77 3114-3207 34 3623 78 3208-3276 35 3627-3789 79 3277-3279 36 3790-3939 80 3280-3425 37 3940-4014 81 3426-3524 38 4015-4076 82 3525-3698 39 4077-4247 83 3699-3794 40 4248-4347 84 3795-3916 41 li3l»8-4452 85 3917-4062 42 4457-4465 86 4063-4181 43 4466-4573 87 4182-4221 44 Annual Reports 88 4222-4378

25 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range 89 l*379-lfU8l 135 4919-5030 90 4482-4598 136 5031-5230 91 1*599-1*71*9 137 Annual Reports 92 4750-4871 138 Annual Reports 93 4872-4914 94 4915-5053 1874 95 5054-5175 96 5176-5232 139 1-123 97 5233-5351 140 124-356 98 Annual Hcports l4l 357-397 99 Annual Reports 142 398-562 143 563 1873 144 564-706 145 708-855 100 1-174 146 856-1110 101 175-414 147 1111-1224 102 415-624 148 1225-1364 103 625-794 149 1365-1490 104 795-885 150 1491-1563 105 886-1133 151 1564-1740 106 1134-1272 152 1741 107 1273-1398 153 1742-1892 108 1399-1577 154 1893-2093 109 1578-1776 155 2094-2244 110 1777-1951 156 2245-2426 111 1952-2079 157 2427-2620 112 2080-2173 158 2621-2811 113 2174-2413 159 2815(pt.) 114 2414-2497 160 2815(pt.) 115 2498-2533 161 28l5(pt.) 116 2534-2750 162 28l5(pt.) 117 2751-2885 163 28l5(pt.) 118 2886-2959 164 2815(pt.) 119 2960-3127 165 2817-2992 120 3128-3215 166 2993-3162 121 3216-3323 167 3163-3340 122 3324-3382 168 3341-3575 123 3383-3560 169 3579(pt.) 124 3561-3767 170 3579(pt.) 125 3768-4001 171 3579(pt.) 126 4002-4126 172 3579(pt.) 127 4127-4265 173 3579(pt.) 128 4266-4421 174 3585-3906 129 4422 175 3907-4133 130 4423-4602 176 I*i3l*-l*3l*3 131 4603 177 4344-4467 132 1*604-4745 178 4468-4575 133 4746-4807 179 4576-4709 134 4808-4918 180 U710-4949

26 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range

181 1*950-5090 227 l*5ll*-l*652 182 5091-5355 228 1*653-1*760 183 5356-5612 229 1*761-1*957 181* Annual Reports 230 1*958-5098 231 5099-5278 1875 232 5279-5530 233 5531-5652 185 1-178 231* 5653-5770 186 179-1*11 235 5771-5901* 18? 1*12-611* 236 5905-6069 188 615-8U2 237 6070-6159 189 81*3-961* 238 6160-6221* 190 965-1102 239 6225-61*06 191 1103-1355 21*0 61*07-6530 192 1356-1U27 21*1 6531-6638 193 11*28-1503 1/2 2U2 Annual Reports 19l» 150U-1652 21*3 Annual Reports 195 I653(pt.) 21*1* Annual Reports 196 l653(pt.) 197 I653(pt.) 1876 198 l653(pt. ) 199 l653(pt. ) 21*5 1-100 200 I653(pt. ) 21*6 101-261* 201 I653(pt.) 21*7 265-307 202 I653(pt.) 21*8 308-631 203 I653(pt. ) 21*9 632-817 201* I653(pt. ) 250 818-987 205 I653(pt.) 251 988-1135 206 l653(pt.) 252 1136-1310 207 I653(pt.) 253 1311-11*1*1 208 I653(pt.) 251* 11*1*2-11*58 209 I653(pt.) 255 11*59-1605 210 l653(pt.) 256 1606-1708 211 l653(pt.) 257 1709-17^1 212 165^-1893 258 17U2-1887 213 189U-2133 259 1888-1968 211* 213U-2265 260 1969-2060 215 2266-2397 261 2061-2189 216 2398-261*8 262 2190-2300 217 261*9-2813 263 2301-21*11 218 281U-2968 26U 21*12-21*61 219 2969-3218 265 21*62-2576 220 3219-3**92 266 2577-2828 221 31*93-3600 267 2829-3010 222 3601-3798 268 3011-3199 223 3799-3919 269 3200-3322 221* 3920-U186 270 3323-3556 225 Ul87-!*3l8 271 3557-3599 226 ^319-^513 272 3600-3761*

27 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range 273 3765-3776 319 765-1085 274 3777-3830 320 1086-1173 275 3831-4027 321 1174-1321 276 4028-4162 322 1322 277 4l63(pt. 323 1323-1U69 278 4163 (pt. 321* 1470-1600 279 4l63(pt. 325 1601-1822 280 4l63(pt. 326 1823-1999 281 4l63 (pt. 327 2000-22U3 282 4163 (pt. 328 224U-2256 283 4l63(pt. 329 2257-2525 284 4163 (pt. 330 2526-267U 285 4l63(pt. 331 2675-2774 286 4l63(pt. 332 2775-2902 287 4l63(pt. 333 2903-3040 288 4163 (pt. 331* 3041-3323 289 4l63(pt. 335 3324-3463 290 4l63(pt. 336 3464(pt.) 291 4163 (pt. 337 3464(pt.) 292 4l63(pt. 338 3464(pt. ) 293 4164-4407 339 3464(pt.) 294 4408 340 3464(pt. ) 295 4409-4520 341 3465-3606 296 4521-4634 342 3607-3663 297 4635-4787 343 3664-3820 298 4788(pt. 344 3821 299 4788(pt. 345 3822-3897 300 4788 (pt. 346 3898-4040 301 4790-4963 347 4o42(pt. ) 302 4964-5116 348 4o42(pt.) 303 5117-5265 349 4o42(pt.) 304 5266-5535 350 4o42(pt. ) 305 5536-5822 351 4o42(pt.) 306 5823-6075 352 4o42(pt. ) 307 6076-6328 353 4o42(pt.) 308 6329-6547 354 4o42(pt.) 309 6548-6950 355 4o42(pt.) 310 6951-7118 356 4o42(pt.) 311 7119-7272 357 4o42(pt.) 312 7274-7339 358 4o43-46ll 313 Annual Reports 359 4612-4750 314 Annual Reports 360 4751 315 Annual Reports 361 4752-4971 362 4972-5030 1877 363 5031-5265 364 5266-5510 316 3-287 365 5511-5704 317 288-421 366 5705 318 422-764 367 5706-5860

28 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range 368 5861-6027 414 3794-4000 369 6028-6198 415 4001-4330 370 6199-6426 416 4331-4345 371 6427-6601 417 4346-4464 372 6602-6809 418 4465-4608 373 6810-6922 4 19 4609-4629 374 6923-7099 420 4630-4912 375 7100-7263 421 4913-5171 376 7264-7312 422 5172-5515 377 73l6(pt.) 423 5516-5643 378 73l6(pt.) 1*24 5644-5896 379 73l6(pt. ) 425 5897-6069 380 7317-7440 426 6070-6295 381 7441-7564 427 6296-6468 382 7565-7729 428 6470 (pt. ) 383 7730-7984 429 6470 (pt.) 384 7985-8193 430 6470 (pt.) 385 Annual Reports 431 6472-6835 386 Annual Reports 432 6836-7174 387 Annual Reports 433 7175-7486 388 Annual Reports 434 7487-7720 435 772l(pt.) 1878 436 772l(pt.) 437 7721 (pt.) 389 3-133 438 772l(pt. ) 390 134-432 439 772l(pt.) 391 433-707 440 772l(pt.) 392 708-879 441 772l(pt.) 393 881-983 442 772l(pt.) 394 984-1084 443 772l(pt. ) 395 1085-1145 444 7722-7901 396 1146-1401 445 7902-8082 397 1405 (pt. ) 1*46 8083-8168 398 I405(pt.) 447 8169-8365 399 1408-1491 1*48 8366-8703 400 1499 449 8705 401 1504-1689 1*50 8708-9018 402 1690-1979 451 Annual Reports 403 1980-2260 452 Annual Reports 404 2261-2632 453 Annual Reports 405 2633-2909 406 2910-3046 1879 407 3047-3130 408 3l3l(pt.) 454 1-87 409 313l(pt.) 455 88-374 410 313l(pt.) 456 375 (pt.) 411 3141-3260 457 375 (pt.) 412 3261-3506 458 376-609 413 3507-3793 459 610-828 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range *60 829-1133 509 l*082(pt.) *6l 113*-1268 510 *082(pt. ) 1*62 1269-1367 511 *083-*l6*(pt. ) *63 1368-1606 512 *l6*(pt.)-*276 1*6* 1607-1733 513 l*278(pt.) *65 173*-19*3 51* *278(pt.) 1*66 19!** -2006 515 l+278(pt.) *67 2007-2165 516 *278(pt.) *68 2166-2282 517 *278(pt.) *69 2283-2520 518 *288-**20 *70 2521-2652 519 **2l-l*679 *7l 2653(pt.) 520 *680-l*8*5 *72 2653(pt.) 521 *8*6-51*0 *73 2653(pt.) 522 51*1-5286 1*7!* 2653(pt.) 523 5287-557* *75 2653(pt.) 521+ 5575-5857 1176 2653(pt.) 525 5858-6056 *77 2653(pt.) 526 6058(pt. ) *78 2653(pt.) 527 6058(pt. ) *79 2653(pt. ) 528 6058(pt.) *80 2653(pt.) 529 6o6*-6l59 *8l 2653(pt. ) 530 6160 *82 2653(pt-) 531 6l6l-6355 *83 2653(ptO 532 6356-6602 1*8* 2653(pt.) 533 6603-6879 *85 2653(pt.) 53* 6880-6958 1*86 2653(pt.) 535 6961-7076 *87 2653(pt.) 536 7077-7111 *88 2653(pt.) 537 7112-7277 *89 2655-2869 538 7278-7*81* *90 2870-3139 539 7*85-7620 *91 31*0-3162 5*0 7621-7781 *92 3163-3389 5*1 7782-8018 *93 3390-3*17 5*2 8019-8327 1*9!* 3*18-3626 5*3 Annual Reports *95 3627-37*2 5** Annual Reports *96 37*3-3999 5*5 Annual Reports *97 l*000-*08l 1+98 l*082(pt. ) 1880 1*99 l*082(pt.) 500 l*082(pt.) 5*6 1-1*6 501 l*082(pt.) 5*7 l*7-*59 502 *082(pt. ) 5*8 *6o-*67 503 1*082 (pt.) 5*9 *68-6l*l* 50* l*082(pt. ) 550 6*5-839 505 *082(pt. ) 551 8*0-972 506 *082(pt. ) 552 973-11*8 507 l+082(pt. ) 553 11*9-1333 508 l*082(pt. ) 55* 133*-l*6o

30 Roll Year and Range Roll Year and Range 555 11*61-1603 575 1*852-5167 556 1604-1823 576 5168-5361 557 1824-2087 577 5362-5760 558 2088-2244 578 5761-6011 559 2245-2486 579 6012-6381 560 2487-2662 580 6382-6650 561 2663-2828 581 6651-6935 562 2829-2942 582 6936-7113 563 2943-3050 583 7114-7299 564 3051-3151 584 7300-7523 565 3153 585 7524-7772 566 3154-3385 586 7773-7897 567 3386-3531 587 Annual Reports 568 3532-3752 588 Annual Reports 569 3753-3934 589 Annual Reports 570 3935-4133 590 Annual Reports 571 4134-4301 591 Annual Reports 572 4302-4469 592 Annual Reports 573 1^^70-4624 593 Annual Reports 57*< 4625-4851

31 GSA. DC 71-10471