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Life and letters

Gossip from Ft. Leavenworth 1845 & 1846

September 3, 2010

McLean to Love Fort Leavenworth Mo. Nov 26th 1845 Dear John Had you not said in your first letter, that you would write to me on arriving at Dayton, I suppose I would be obliged to commence this with an apology; but as you were so rash as to give one that piece of information [...]

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A Death in the Family: The Letters of Maj. Lloyd Beall to Bvt. Maj. Benjamin Beall 1846

June 20, 2008

The following article has been taken from “Military Collector & Historian: Journal of the Company of Military Historians”, Summer 2008, Vol. 60, No. 2.

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A Letter from Ft. Leavenworth 1846

August 2, 2005

In 1846, Company B of the 1st United States Dragoons participated in the bloodless conquest of Santa Fe. The Brig. General Stephen W. Kearny broke up Company B and transferred its enlisted men and mounts to the other companies in his command. Lt. John Love was placed in field command of Company B and was [...]

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Above a Common Soldier: Dragoon Life 1849-1854

July 10, 2005

Charles Frank Clarke sailed from England in 1847. He came from an upper middle class family in Suffolk County and had studied to be a member of the bar. Mr. Clarke had hoped to become a successful merchant in Wisconsin, but his dreams didn’t pan out and he joined the 1st Dragoons. Several of his [...]

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