Caleb Henry Carlton papers
Contributors: Horner, Mabel Carlton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2500
Subjects: Government relations; Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862; Fortification; Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863; Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862; Ute Indians; Cheyenne Indians; Military bases; Atlanta Campaign, 1864; Libby Prison; History; Correspondence; Prisoners and prisons; Indians of North America; Apache Indians; Wars; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Campaigns; Dakota Indians; Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864
Description: Correspondence, diaries, articles, military transcripts and papers, biographical and genealogical materials, financial records, maps, charts, and other papers pertaining to Carlton's service in the Union Army and following the Civil War in wars with various American Indians in western United States.  Documents his participation during the Peninsular Campaign (1862) including battles at Harrison's Landing, Malvern Hill, Mechanicsville (Battle of Beaver Dam Creek), and Yorktown, Va.; his capture during the Battle of Chickamauga (1863) and his imprisonment at Libby Prison in Richmond, Va.; and his service in the Atlanta Campaign (1864) including battles at Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, and Marietta, Ga.  Also documents government relations and war with Apache, Cheyenne, Dakota, Ute, and other American Indians during Carlton's service at Fort Sidney, Neb.; Fort Fetterman, Fort Laramie, and Fort Washakie (Camp Augur), Wyo.; and Fort Sedgwick, Colo.  Includes maps and charts of the U.S. Army posts as well as family correspondence and a biography of Carlton written by his daughter, Mabel Carlton Horner.  Correspondents include Henry C. Cook, William T. Sherman, Thomas John Wood, and Matthew H. Wright.
Notes: Open to research.

Bequest, Mabel Carlton Horner, 1962.

Gift, Elizabeth Carlton Cunningham, 1965.

U.S. Army officer.

Collection material in English.

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