Printed diary, completed in manuscript and signed, kept by John Hayes, Jr., 1863 January 1-1864 January 1. Hayes describes his service recruiting and scouting for Kansas military units during the Civil War at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, including the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 13th Regular Kansas Volunteers, and 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers
Description:
John Hayes, Jr. (1826- ) of Freeport, Ohio, was a lawyer in Corydon, Iowa, when he joined the Union Army. By 1861 September, he was a private in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. By 1863 June, he was assigned to the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers as Recruiting Lieutenant. Hayes was also responsible for scouting for the army and reporting on rebel troop movements near Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1863 December, he was appointed as a lieutenant to raise the new 11th United States Colored Regiment., In English., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas., Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Fort Scott (Kan.), Kansas, and United States
Subject (Name):
Hayes, John, Jr., 1826-, United States. Army, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 11th (1863-1866), United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), and United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1864)
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Officers, African American soldiers, African Americans, Soldiers, and History
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "My bunkie." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops. Three soldiers on horseback in foreground with one soldier being pulled up from the ground by another
Description:
Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and Text in lower left: copyrighted 99.
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "On the skirmish line." Depicts a scene of battle between about a dozen Native Americans on horseback and a dozen U.S. Army troops on foot
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +211:, Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and Written in lower right corner of image: Copyright c. 1900. Hand printed in lower right corner of image: From painting owned by C. M. Butte Hoboken.
Studio portraits of unidentified buffalo soldiers, taken in Washington, D.C., Reno, I.T., and Caldwell, Kansas. Most portraits are full length views of soldiers in uniform. Some feature buffalo robes as props, and in several photographs soldiers are depicted with their musical instruments. One portrait includes two young girls
Description:
Advertisement on verso of some mounts for Cosand and Miller, Photographers, or for Pullman's Photograph and Portrait Gallery, or for Wellington Art Studio, Snell and Sargent, Proprietors.
Subject (Name):
United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
African American soldiers and African American troops
Photographic prints that document landscapes, structures, American Indians, and United States soldiers in the vicinity of Fort Dodge, Kansas, and Fort Sill and Camp Supply, Indian Territory, 1867-1874. American Indian tribes depicted in the images include the Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians, Images of Fort Dodge include views of the Arkansas River, and group portraits of soldiers posed in front of the hospital and another building. An image depicts an army officer with a large group of captured Cheyenne Indian prisoners comprised primarily of women and children, An image in the vicinity of Fort Dodge shows the corpse of Ralph Morrison, a hunter apparently killed and scalped by Cheyenne Indians, with Lieutenant Philip Reade of the 3rd Infantry, and John O. Austin, chief of the scouts, attending to his body, December 7, 1868, Images of the landscape in the vicinity of Medicine Creek and the summit of Mount Sheridan near Fort Sill include African American soldiers on foot and horseback, probably members of the 9th and 10th regiments of the United States Cavalry, also known as Buffalo Soldiers, Images of Native American encampments include Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa Indian camps in the vicinity of Fort Sill. Encampments of identified groups and individuals include the camp of Iron Mountain (Boo-E-Yah-Toyah, Pooh-yah-to-yeh-be) of the Yamparika band (Root Eaters) of the Comanche Indians, and the camp of He Bear (Paro-o-coom) of the Kwahada band (Antelope) of the Comanche Indians. Other encampments include the camp of Spotted Wolf (Ah-cra-ka-tau-nah), an Arapaho Indian leader; the camp of Kicking Bird (Striking Eagle, Ton-ne-on-co, T'ene-angopte), a Kiowa Indian leader, and an image of his individual tipi; the tipi of Silver Brooch (Tosawi, Tosh-a-wah, To-u-wa, Toshaway), a principal chief of the Penateka band (Honey Eaters) of the Comanche Indians, and an encampment of Cheyenne Indians that include an interpreter, Horace P. Jones, Views of Fort Sill include the store of John S. Evans and Company with a group of horses and men, including American Indians, African Americans, and whites; a group of American Indians and whites posed standing and sitting in front of a large log building, with wooden bars over the windows; and a large group of American Indians receiving rations at Camp Supply, Indian Territory, including horses with travois, and white men and women, An exterior portrait of Powder Face, an Arapaho Indian chief, depicts him wearing full war regalia and another exterior portrait shows him with a woman and child, presumably his family, Studio portraits of identified Arapaho Indians include the principal chief Little Raven (Hosa, Young Crow), and an image of his son, Ba-ha-ba. Portraits of other Arapaho leaders include Milky Way (Asa Havi, Esa-habet, Asa-havey), Yellow Bear, and Crooked Left Arm (Shib-o-nes-ta, Shib-o-nester). A portrait of two Arapaho Indian girls depicts Ba-e-tha (Zah-e-cha) and Hack-e-a (Har-ke-i)., Studio portraits of identified Comanche Indians include A-to-ba and Ho-wear (Ho-we-a) of the Yamparika band; and Silver Brooch of the Penateka band; and Horse Back (Champion Rider, Tuh-huh-yet, Nau-qua-hip, Ter-Yer-Quoip) of the Nokoni (Wanderers) band, Studio portraits of identified Comanche Indian women include Chi-wek-kiethe and her sister, Looking-For-Something-Good (Cha-wa-ke), both daughters of Asahaby; and three women identified as Wap-pah, Marn-me (Morn-me), and Qna-moth-kee, who holds an infant, Studio portraits of identified Kiowa Apache Indians include leaders Satank (Set-ankeah, Set-angia, Set-angya, Sitting Bear); Pacer (Tar-say, Peso Essa-queta); Stumbling Bear (Sit-tim-gear); Son of the Sun (Pai-talyi), and Sitting in Saddle (Tau-ankia, Tibone, To-an-key). A portrait of a Kiowa Apache boy is identified as Lone Bear (Tar-Low, Tar-lom). A portrait of a Kiowa Apache Indian couple is identified as Hun-top, the son of Emoke, and A-quin, the daughter of Satank. A group portrait depicts five Kiowa Apache Indian men identified as Poor Buffalo (Haw-taudle), Short Greasy Hair (Odl-Kaun't-say-hah), Buffalo Chap (Hair Portion of Leg, Kaw-tom-te), Never Got Shot (Haun-goon-pau), and Feather Head (A'tah-ladte), Studio portraits of identified Cheyenne Indian women consist of a single portrait of Mon-no-na, and a portrait of two women, Sa-huk and Hat-Pay, and Unidentified American Indian individuals in studio portraits include Arapaho Indian men, Kiowa Indian women, and Comanche Indian women and children
Description:
William Stinson Soule created photographs of American Indians around Fort Dodge, Kansas, in 1867, and at Camp Supply or Fort Sill, Indian Territory, between 1868 and 1874. His brother, John P. Soule, a stereograph photographer and print seller distributed many of these photographs through his company in Boston, Massachusetts., Container list., Portions available on copy prints for use in repository only., and Manuscript captions on mounts.
Publisher:
William Soule
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Sill (Okla.), Fort Dodge (Kan.), Camp Supply (Okla.), Medicine Creek (Okla.), and Oklahoma
Subject (Name):
A-quin., A-to-ba., Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918., Ba-etha., Ba-ha-ba., Buffalo Chap., Chi-wek-kiethe., Feather Head., Hack-e-a., Hat-pay., He Bear., Ho-wear., Hun-top., Iron Mountain., Jones, Horace Pope, 1829-1902., Kicking Bird, Kiowa Chief, d. 1875., Little Raven., Lone Bear., Looking for Something Good, Comanche Indian., Marn-me., Mon-no-na., Morrison, Ralph., Never Got Shot., Pacer., Poor Buffalo., Powder Face., Qna-moth-kee., Reade, Philip Hildreth, 1844-, Sa-huk., Satank, Kiowa Chief, ca. 1815-1878., Short Greasy Hair., Silver Brooch., Sitting in Saddle., Son of the Sun., Soule, William S., 1836-1908., Spotted Wolf., Wap-pah., Yellow Bear., John S. Evans and Company., United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry, 10th., and United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th.
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Kiowa Indians, Soldiers, and African American soldiers
