Finding Aid to the Arizona Territorial Volunteers Records MS.599
Library and Archives at the Autry
2013
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Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Arizona Territorial Volunteers Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS.599
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(4 folders)
Date: mid to late 20th Century
Language of Material:
English
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Arizona Territorial Volunteers Records,mid to late 20th Century, Autry Museum of the American West; MS. 599; [folder number] [folder title][date].
This collection includes copies of reports, recommendations and correspondence relating to the ill provisioned soldiers of
Arizona Territorial Volunteers Company A and Arizona Territorial Volunteers Company E who were pursuing marauding Apaches
from 1865-1866.
The copies were created some time in the mid to late 20th Century.
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from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
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or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a
grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Soldiers -- United States -- Equipment and supplies
Governors -- Arizona
Apache Indians
Arizona -- History
Arizona Territory
Arizona Territorial Volunteers Company A
Arizona Territorial Volunteers Company E
Bigelow, Henry A.
Hutton, Oscar
Woolsey, King S.
United States. Army
folder 1
Master rolls for the companies of First Regiment Arizona Territorial Volunteers 1865-1866
folder 2
Reports from Hiram S. Washburn
This folder includes two copies of a report from H. S. Washburn to John N. Goodwin, Governor of Arizona Territory, original
report was created 1865 September 1 and a copy of a report from H. D. Wallen to H. S. Washburn, original report created 1866
June 25.
The folder also includes two copies of a report from H. S. Washburn to Adjutant General Garvin, originally created 1866 September
20, 1866. This report states that Washburn's men have not been sufficiently supplied, many of them are sick and they have
not been paid. Most of the action they have seen has been looking for food or chasing "Apache raiders."
folder 3
Thomas J. Bidwell recommendations to John N. Goodwin
This folder consists of copies of three military recommendations from Bidwell to Goodwin, originally written in 1865. They
include two recommendations originally created 1865 June 12 and one originally created 1865 July 1. One of the recommendations
created June 12 was also signed by King S. Woolsey.
Correspondence
This folder consists of typed copies of letters from James B. Fry Provost, Marshall General to Governor of Arizona Territory,
originally created 1864 April 16; from N. S. Higgins to Governor J. N. Goodwin, originally created 1865 July 17; and from
Richard C. McCormick, acting Governor to Lieutenant Colonel Wallen, originally written 1866 July 7. The folder also includes
a hand-written copy of a letter from Oscar Hutton to Adjutant General Garvin, originally written 1866 September 25.