Letters sent, Fort Wallace, Kansas ; Fort Wallace, Kansas, post orders
Creator: Fort Wallace (Kan.)
Date: 1866-1882
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number:
MICROFILM: MS 140-MS 141
Unit ID: 48630
Abstract: The letters sent discuss soldier conduct, soldier & fort administration, and daily fort life. The special orders document discharges, orders to duty, disciplinary actions, and other installation activities.
Space Required/Quantity: 0.04 cubic feet
Title (Main title): Letters sent, Fort Wallace, Kansas ; Fort Wallace, Kansas, post orders
Titles (Other):
- Orders and letters sent
- Records of the War Department, United States Army Commands
- Records of the War Department on Fort Wallace, Kansas
- Fort Wallace, Kansas, post orders
- Post orders
- Fort Wallace (Kan.) records
- Post order books
- Records of Fort Wallace, Kansas : letters sent, 1866-1882 ; orders, 1877-1882
- Selected letters sent, Fort Wallace, Kansas ; Fort Wallace, Kansas, post orders
- U.S. Army Commands, Fort Wallace, Kansas
- RG 98, U.S. Army Commands, Fort Wallace, Kansas : Letters sent, vols. 57-67 ; post order books, vols. 95-97
- the Military history collection, 1840-[1973] (no. 617): Indian campaigns (1865-79) (section 4)
Scope and Content
Contents: Roll 1 (MS 140). Letters sent, 1866-1882 -- roll 2 (MS 141). Orders, 1877-1882.
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- MS 140: Letters sent 1866-1882
- MS 141: Orders 1877-1882
Index Terms
Subjects
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United States. Army -- Records and correspondence
United States. Army -- RG 98, Records of the United States Army commands (Army posts)
United States. War Dept. -- Records of the War Department. United States Army commands.
Fort Wallace (Kan.)
Kansas -- History, Military
American letters -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century
Fortification -- Kansas
Military bases -- Kansas
Creators and Contributors
Additional Information for Researchers
Use and reproduction: Public records.
Ownership/Custodial Hist.: Purchased by the donor from the National Archives (Washington, D.C.), 1959.
Reproduction: Microfilm. Washington : National Archives, General Services Administration, 1953-1959. Kansas State Historical Society microfilm rolls MS 140-MS 141, available for research or inter-library loan.
