[Letter to Annie Pettis dated 1864 Feb 26]

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Title: [Letter to Annie Pettis dated 1864 Feb 26]
Creator: Pettis, George H.
Contributor: Carleton, James Henry,--1814-1873.
Published / Created: 1864 Feb 26
Publication Place: Fort Sumner (N.M.)
Abstract: Pettis's letters to his wife Annie describe the army posts, towns, and the difficulties of frontier duty in a time of limited communication and erratic pay. Included are the descriptive rolls of the men recruited by Pettis, giving rank, age, size, description, place of birth, occupation, and enlistment date, with, in some cases, notation as to cause of death.
Description: George Henry Pettis, lieutenant in the California Volunteers during the Civil War, recruited and commanded company K, 1st California Volunteer Infantry, under colonel James H. Carleton, in its campaigns in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.
Extent: 4 p. ; 23.1 x 20.4 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): California--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Fort Craig (N.M.)
Fort Sumner (N.M.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Subject (Name): Carleton, James Henry,--1814-1873.
Subject (Topic): Navajo Indians--Wars

Access: Public
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Citation: George Henry Pettis Papers. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Goddard, J. M. and C. Kritzler. Catalogue of the Beinecke Western Americana Manuscripts, 197.