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This item contains Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius's notes on his participation in Major General Winfield Scott Hancock's expedition to pacify Indians living on the American plains that took place shortly after the end of the American Civil War. Hunnius, an enlisted man in the Union Army during the Civil War, indicates that General Hancock left Fort Leavenworth on March 31, 1867 "for an Indian Campaign against Kiawas, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes, reported West of Fort Larned, Kansas." Hunnius's notes provide locations, means of transportation used, men involved, as well as other details related to the campaign.
Creator: Hunnius, Ado, 1842-1923
Date: March 1867
Item Number: 220105
Call Number: Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius Coll. #397, Box 1 Folder Papers of Ado Hunnius - Diary, Mar-Oct, 1867.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220105
Collections - Manuscript - Hunnius, Carl Julius Adolph
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - United States Indian Service
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Arapaho
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kiowa
People - Notable Kansans - Hunnius, Carl Julius Adolph
People - Notable People - Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
People - Notable People - Hancock, Winfield Scott
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Larned
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Leavenworth
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Riley
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Zarah
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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