Sioux campaign journal, 1876.

Description

Title: Sioux campaign journal, 1876.
Creator: Freeman, Henry Blanchard, 1837-1915
Abstract: The journal describes the expedition, under Col. John Gibbon's command, which marched down the Yellowstone to join Gen. Terry and Gen. Custer. It records councils with the Crow Indians, meeting Terry, arriving at the site of Custer's massacre, caring for the wounded, and burying the dead. The expedition marched back to the Rosebud, joined Crook's command pursuing Indians, and returned to Fort Shaw. There is a map of the battlefield.
Description: Corroborates the account of Lt. William L. English (WA MSS 171).
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Henry Blanchard Freeman, captain in command of six companies of the 7th Infantry.
Original binding.
Extent: 1 v. (79 p.) ; 19 cm.
Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Diaries--United States
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Freeman, Henry Blanchard,--1837-1915.
Gibbon, John,--1827-1896.
United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 7th.
Subject (Topic): Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
Crow Indians
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Maps.

Access: Public
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Citation: Henry Blanchard Freeman Sioux Campaign Journal. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 204.

Orbis Record: 3159216
Object ID (OID): 16593725
More Information: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?CN=WA_MSS_204