Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas M. Anderson letters
Letters from C. C. Augur and William C. McKay to Thomas M. Anderson (1836-1917), discussing topics relating to the history of the Pacific Northwest. Anderson was a U.S. Army officer who commanded the 14th Infantry at Fort Vancouver, Washington, in the 1880s and 1890s and who fought in the U.S. Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
George L. Curry correspondence relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War
Correspondence of Oregon Territorial Governor George L. Curry (1820-1878) relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War of 1855-1856. Most of the correspondence, which relates to raising and supplying volunteers or to military orders, consists of drafts or office copies written on Curry's behalf by Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), who acted as Curry's aide-de-camp.
Theodore J. Eckerson papers
Papers of Theodore J. Eckerson (1820-1906), primarily relating to his military career, but also including letters from Benjamin L. E. Bonneville (1796-1898) and Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Eckerson, who emigrated to Oregon in 1849, was in the U.S. Army for most of his adult life. He fought in the Mexican-American War and, in the 1850s, supplied Euro-American volunteers who were fighting Native peoples in the Pacific Northwest.