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ARCHIVES RECORD film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Records & Corres.: 1805-1916 Cubic ft.: 2 No. of Items: 65 reels of 35mm microfilm Reference Room SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection consists of microfilm purchased from the National Archives. The collection documents early military history of Nebraska, as a territory and a state. For the most part, the records cover Indians from 1871-1896, and volunteer service in the Civil War. The records on microfilm are a part of RG94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, housed in the National Archives. The microfilm is housed in reference room. The collection is divided into five series: 1) Letters Received by the Adjutant General's Office, 1871-1880; 2) Special Reports and Miscellaneous, 1805-1896; and 3) Returns Received from Regular Army Cavalry Units, 1868-1916; 4) Returns Received from Regular Army Infantry Units, 1876-1894; and 5) Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers;. Series One contains correspondence and reports received by the Adjutant General's office that are a part of M666 of the National Archives collections. Series Two contains special reports of expeditions and investigations by the Adjutant General's office, 1805-1896, including such subjects as the Zebulon Pike

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ARCHIVES RECORD film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General

Records & Corres.: 1805-1916 Cubic ft.: 2 No. of Items: 65 reels of 35mm microfilm Reference Room

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of microfilm purchased from the National Archives. The collection documents early military history of Nebraska, as a territory and a state. For the most part, the records cover Indians from 1871-1896, and volunteer service in the Civil War. The records on microfilm are a part of RG94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, housed in the National Archives. The microfilm is housed in reference room.

The collection is divided into five series: 1) Letters Received by the Adjutant General's Office, 1871-1880; 2) Special Reports and Miscellaneous, 1805-1896; and 3) Returns Received from Regular Army Cavalry Units, 1868-1916; 4) Returns Received from Regular Army Infantry Units, 1876-1894; and 5) Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers;.

Series One contains correspondence and reports received by the Adjutant General's office that are a part of M666 of the National Archives collections.

Series Two contains special reports of expeditions and investigations by the Adjutant General's office, 1805-1896, including such subjects as the Zebulon Pike

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expedition, the civil war, the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the Powder River Expedition.

Series Three, purchased in 1993, contains returns of the 3rd through the 12th cavalry units while they served in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa, and particularly Fort Robinson and vicinity. The records on microfilm are a part of RG94, Adjutant General, at the National Archives and microcopy M744.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet i

ADDED ENTRIES:

ARAPAHO INDIANS--WARS BIG HORN RIVER (Wyo. and Mont.) BISON HUNTING BLACK HILLS (S.D. and Wyo.) BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION, 1874-1876 CHEYENNE INDIANS--WARS CRAZY HORSE (OGLALA SIOUX CHIEF), c.1842-1877 Crook, George1828-1890 CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG, 1839-1876 DAKOTA INDIANS--WARS Fort Apache Indian Reservation (Ariz.) Fort D. A. Russell (Wyo.) Fort Laramie (Wyo.: Fort) Fort McPherson (Neb.) Fort Meade (S.D.) Fort Niobrara (Neb.) Fort Riley (Kan.) Fort Robinson (Neb.) Fort Sidney (Neb.) GRASSHOPPERS--NEBRASKA, 1874-1875 GRATTAN, JOHN L., 1830-1854 GRATTAN MASSACRE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--WARS

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet ii

Meinhold, Capt. Charles, d.1877 Military Bases MOORE, CAPT. ALEXANDER Nebraska. Cavalry. 1st Battalion Nebraska. Cavalry. 1st Regiment Nebraska. Cavalry. 2nd Regiment NOYES, HENRY E. (HENRY ERASTUS), 1839-1919 Omaha Scouts Pawnee Scouts Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 PONCA INDIANS POWDER RIVER (Wyo. and Mont.) RED CLOUD (SIOUX CHIEF), 1822-1809 REYNOLDS, JOSEPH J. (JOSEPH JONES), 1822-1899

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet iii

ADDED ENTRIES (cont):

Red Cloud Indian Agency ROBINSON, LEVI H., d.1874 ROSEBUD CREEK (MONT.) Sheridan, Phil H. (Philip Henry), 1831-1888 Sherman, W. T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 SIOUAN INDIANS--GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Standing Bear (Ponca Chief), c.1829-1908 United States. Army. Cavalry. 1st Regiment. - 1897-1900 United States. Army. Cavalry. 3rd Regiment. - 1868-1884 United States. Army. Cavalry. 4th Regiment. - 1877-1883 United States. Army. Cavalry. 5th Regiment. - 1877-1885 United States. Army. Cavalry. 6th Regiment. - 1892-1898 United States. Army. Cavalry. 8th Regiment. - 1905-1911 United States. Army. Cavalry. 9th Regiment. – 1873-1900 United States. Army. Cavalry. 10th Regiment. - 1881-1909 United States. Army. Cavalry. 12th Regiment. - 1910-1916 United States. Army. Department of the Missouri United States. Army. Department of the Platte United States. Army. Indian Scouts UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR--NEBRASKA WHETSTONE INDIAN AGENCY WINNEBAGO INDIANS WOUNDED KNEE (S.D.)--HISTORY WOUNDED KNEE CREEK, BATTLE OF, 1890

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet iv

YELLOWSTONE RIVER

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 5

Series Four, purchased in 1997, contains returns of 4th, 8th, 9th, and 14th Infantry Regiments. The records on microfilm are from microfilm publication M665 of the National Archives.

Series Five, purchased in 1995, contains service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the territory of Nebraska. Members of the Civil War Conservation Corps prepared the records for filming. Donations from Cliff and Mary Hillegass and Cliffs Notes, Inc. of Lincoln provided the funding needed to microfilm the records. The units represented in this microfilm include the First and Second Nebraska Cavalrys, and the First Battalion of the Nebraska Cavalry.

Series Six contains the records of service and enlistments for Indian Scouts, including the Omaha & Pawnee indians. DESCRIPTION SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED MAIN SERIES (M666), 1871-1880

Roll #1 Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1871-1872 File 113 Correspondence re provisions of food

1871 files and ammunition for hunting for nearly 111-276 3000 starving Arapahoe, Cheyenne and Sioux

indians under Red Cloud at Ft. Laramie.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 6

Roll #2 Cheyenne & Arapahoe Indians, 1871 File 557 Report by Gen. John Pope, Commander,

1871 files Dept. of Missouri, of a possible war with 454-573 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in the spring

of 1871. Relates to conditions at the Cheyenne & Arapahoe agencies and to the agents' defense of policies against charges of inefficient administration.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 7 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED MAIN SERIES (M666), 1871-1880

Roll #3 Sioux Indians, 1871-1872 File 2019 Corres. re activities of the Sioux in

1871 files various locations including settlement on 1889-2019 Milk River, Mt and attack on Gallatin Valley,

Montana by tribes from the Big Horn area. Includes information on Santee, Yankton, and other Sioux tribes.

Roll #4 Military Posts, 1872 File 2564

Recommendations that post locations at 1871 files Cheyenne, Grant River, Lower Brule and 2469-2578 Whetstone agencies in Dakota Territory be

moved and that the military station at the Whetstone agency be discontinued in Apr. 1872

Roll #5 ALEXIS, Grand Duke, Buffalo Hunt File 3810

Relates to buffalo hunt of Grand Duke 1871 files Alexis of Russia, November 1871 - Jan. 1872 3790-4014

Roll #6 Sioux Indians, 1872 File 1603

Corres. re attack on Minniconjou Sioux 1872 files war party by the 3rd Cavalry under Capt. 1583-1661 Charles Meinhold, near south fork of the

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 8

Loup River, Nebraska, 1872.

Roll #7 Red Cloud Agency, 1872 File 3699 Corres. re events at agency including Chief

1872 files Red Cloud's refusal to move to White River 3699-3794 and the capture of 450 indian ponies grazing

illegally on south side of the Platte on the Ft. Laramie Military Reservation, 1872.

Roll #8 Winnebago Indians, 1873-1874 File 4746

Corres. re removal of nearly 1,000 1873 files Winnebago from Wisconsin to Nebraska, 4746-4807 Dec. 1873 - Jan. 1874

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 9 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont)

Roll #9 Sioux Indians, 1874 File 563 Corres. re increased Sioux activities

1874 files in the Dept. of the Platte, 1874, including 563 murder of Lt. Levi H. Robinson near Laramie

Peak, Wyo. and to the request for a post to protect the Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies.

Roll #10 Black Hills Expedition, 1874-1876 File 1741

Relates to Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 1874 files Black Hills Expedition including reports 1741 by the Chief Engineer on the physical

characteristics of the region.

Roll #11 Grasshopper Plague, 1874-1875 File 4391 Corres. re relief provisions for the people

1874 files of Nebraska after grasshopper plague and 4344-4467 drought of 1874-1875. Also included are

reports on the most devastated areas.

Roll #12 Indian/White Relations, 1874-1875 File 5009 Corres. relating to reports that miners

1874 files have been working in the Black Hills 4950-5020 country of the Sioux Indian Reservation.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 10

Roll #13 Cheyenne Indians, 1875 File 5650 Corres. re fight between Co. H, 5th

1875 files Cavalry and 60 warriors of the Northern 5531-5652 Cheyenne south of the Buffalo Station on

the Kansas Pacific Railway, Oct. 28, 1875.

Roll #14 Sioux Indians, 1875-1876 File 6160 Papers relating to military expedi-

1875 files tions against the Sioux in the Big Horn, 6160-6224 Powder River, and Yellowstone River areas,

November 1875 - July 1876

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 11 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont)

Roll #15 Indian Scouts, 1876-1878 File 1929 Corres. re total number of scouts

1876 files authorized to be employed by the Army 1888-1968 and requests for permission to enlist

scouts in various departments.

Roll #16 Crook vs. Reynolds and Moore File 2440 Papers re charges by Gen. George Crook

1876 files that Col. Joseph J. Reynolds and Capt. 2412-2461 Alexander Moore failed to carry out orders

in an attack on the village of Chief Crazy Horse near Powder River, Montana, in March of 1876, and relating to the court martials of Reynolds and Moore.

Roll #17 Battle of Rosebud Creek, Montana, 1876 File 3570

Corres. re Crook's battle with the 1876 files Sioux and Cheyenne Indians under Chief 2412-2461 Crazy Horse at Rosebud Creek, Mt, June 1876

Roll #18A Siouan Indians, 1874-1879 NARS (1955) Post Returns, New Red Cloud Agency, 1877-1879 #04,907 Post Returns, Red Cloud Agency

December 1878 - January 1879

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 12

Special Return, Dec. 1878, Return of troops transferred from Red Cloud Agency to Camp Robinson

Post Returns, 3rd Cav., Nov. 1878 - Jan. 1878 (in reverse order)

Document File, 563-AGO-1874 Correspondence, reports, etc. relating to indian relations and problems in the Dept of the Platte, Feb. 1874 - January 1875. Includes correspondence to and from Red Cloud, Spotted Tail & Whetstone agencies, and to and from army officers and commanders. Includes a journal of thr march from Fort Laramie to indian

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 13 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont)

Roll 18A Sioux Indians, 1874-1877 (cont) Document File 563 (cont)

agencies and back in March 1874 which contains census of indians at various agencies and sketches of areas. Important correspondents include Lt. Gen Phil Sheridan; Wm. H. Belknap, Secy of War; Commander, Dept of Platte, and commanders of camps and forts in the area.

Document File 4163 (Sioux War), 1876 Correspondence, telegrams, reports, relating to Sioux uprisings, battles, and surrender of indians, 1876-1877. Included is information on the Sioux Expedition, the Power River Expedition, defeat and surrender of Crazy Horse; a speech made by “Spotted Tail”, Sioux chief in Dec. 1876; and reference to the Battle of Little Big Horn. Important correspondents include, Lt. Gen. Phil Sheridan; Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, and Gen. George Crook. Correspondence ranges from March 1876 to October 1877.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 14

Rolls 18-33 Sioux War Papers, 1876-1896 File 4163 Corres. & reports relating to military operations in the Departments of the Platte and Dakota against The Sioux Indians.

Roll 18 July - August 1876 NARS Roll #277 Roll 19 August - September 1876 NARS Roll #278 Roll 20 September 1876 - Jan. 1877 NARS Roll #279 Roll 21 January - April 1877 NARS Roll #280 Roll 22 March - June 1877 NARS Roll #281

includes reports from the field of operations against the indians.

Roll 23 June cont. - October 1877 NARS Roll #282

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 15 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont)

Sioux War Papers (cont) Roll 24 October - December 1877 NARS Roll #283

includes manuscript and copies of report by Sitting Bull Commission

Roll 25 January - April 1878 NARS Roll #284 Roll 26 April 1878 - March 1879 NARS Roll #285 Roll 27 April - September 1879 NARS Roll #286 Roll 28 September 1879 - March 1880 NARS Roll #287 Roll 29 April - November 1880 NARS Roll #288 Roll 30 December 1880 - April 1881 NARS Roll #289 Roll 31 April - September 1881 NARS Roll #290 Roll 32 September 1881 - Nov. 1882 NARS Roll #291 Roll 33 January 1883 - January 1896 NARS Roll #292

re disposition of funds derived from the sale of livestock captured from the indians during campaigns.

Roll #34 Sioux Indian Treaty, 1876 File 1322

Correspondence, reports of surveys, 1876 Files and maps of locations of three wagon 1322 roads through the Sioux Reservation in

Dakota Territory provided for by agreement of 1876. Include roads from Bismark-Deadwood City; Fort Pierre-

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 16

Deadwood City; and Ft. Niobrara, Neb.- Custer City, SD.

Rolls 35-37 Cheyenne Indians, 1878-1879 File 6470

Papers re military operations against 1878 Files the Northern Cheyenne.

Roll 35 September - November 1878 NARS Roll #428 Roll 36 Nov. 1878 - Feb. 1879 NARS Roll #429

includes proceedings and report of Board of Officers convened to investigate the arrest, escape and recapture of Cheyenne indians at Ft. Robinson and a printed history of the case.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 17 SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont)

Roll 37 March - November 1879 NARS Roll #430

Roll #38 Ponca Indians & Standing Bear, 1879 File 1483 Letters received, 1879

1879 Files Frame #162 starts corres. relating to the 1368-1606 military involvement in the arrest and holding

of the Ponca Indians and Standing Bear. NARS Roll #463, purchased November 1974

SERIES ONE LETTERS RECEIVED (cont) Roll #39 U.S. Office of the Adjutant General, Letters Received, 1856 Note: This reel reads from end to beginning. Roll #40 U.S. Office of the Adjutant General, Letters Received, 1875 SERIES TWO SPECIAL REPORTS AND MISCELLANY, 1805-1896

Roll #1 Grattan Massacre, 1854-1856 NARS Roll #546 NARS, M567 Letters received, "R-2 - 502," 1856 #20,419 Frames 584-663 relate to Grattan

Massacre, 8/18/1854, and resulting investigation, 1855-1856.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 18

Roll #2 Powder River Expedition, 1876 File 6160 MF3158 Special filming by National Archives, 1960

re special reports & records of the Big Horn & Powder River Expeditions, 1876 and includes annual report, Dept. of the Platte, 1876, regarding attack on Crazy Horse's village.

Court Martials: Col. Joseph J. Reynolds, 1877 GCM, QQ26, RG153, Records of the Judge Advocate General. Capt. Alexander Moore (w/ above), 1877 QQ27, RG153, Records of the Judge Advocate General. Capt. Henry E. Noyes, 1876 GCM, pp.5473, RG153, Records of the Judge Advocate General.

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 19 SERIES TWO SPECIAL REPORTS & MISCELLANY (cont)

Roll #3 PIKE, Lt. Zebulon Expedition, 1805-1807 NARS, FMT36 Notebook of maps, traverse tables, and NARS, Roll #1 meteorological observations. From

National Archives RG94, Records of the Adjutant General's office.

Roll #4 Sioux Indians, 1890-1891 NARS, M983 Reports & corres. re Army investi- NARS Roll #1 gation of the battle of Wounded Knee

and the Sioux Campaign. Part 1 - Name & Subject Index,

Oct. 1890 - Oct. 1891 Part 2 - Sioux Campaign, pp. 1-975

October 1890 - January 1891

Roll #5 Sioux Indians, 1890-1891 NARS, M983 Part 3 - Sioux Campaign, pp. 976-1793 NARS Roll #2 January - October 1891

Part 4 - attachments Report, Headquarters, Dept. of California October 1891, pp.1794-2006, re operations relating to the Sioux indians in Dept. of Dakota, 1890. Senate Exec. Doc. #9, December 1890

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 20

Re: armament of Indians in certain states Report of Brig. Gen. James W. Forsythe to Sec'y of War, Daniel S. Lamant, Sept. 1895 - Dec. 1896 re Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission near Pine Ridge, Dakota

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 21 SERIES THREE RETURNS FROM REGULAR ARMY CAVALRY REGIMENTS (M744)

Roll #1 First 20, 1897-1900 NARS (9) including service at Ft. Niobrara and

Fort Robinson, Neb. and service in Japan and the Phillipine Islands.

Roll #2 Third Cavalry, 1868-1875 NARS (30) Ft. Sumner & Ft. Union, N.M.

Camp Verde, Arizona Ft. McPherson, Nebr (1872-1874) Ft. D. A. Russell, Wyo. Terr. (1874-1875)

Roll #3 Third Cavalry, 1876-1884 NARS (31) Ft. D. A. Russell, WT (Jan.-Mar. 1876)

Ft. Laramie, Wyo. (Apr. 1876 - Mar. 1880) Ft. D. A. Russell, WT (Apr. 1880 - Mar. 1882) Arizona Territory (Apr. 1882 - Dec. 1884)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 22

Roll #4 Fourth Cavalry, 1877-1883 NARS (43) Indian Territory (Apr.-Nov. 1877)

Ft. Clark, Texas (Nov. 1877 - Aug. 1879) Ft. Garland, Colo. (Sept. 1879 - Mar. 1880) Ft. Hays, Kansas (Apr. - Dec. 1880) Ft. Riley, Kansas (Jan. - Sept. 1881) Sante Fe, N.M. (Sept 1881 - Nov. 1882) Ft. Bayard, N.M. (Dec. 1882 - Dec. 1883)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 23 SERIES THREE CAVALRY REGIMENT RETURNS (cont)

Roll #5 Fifth Cavalry, 1877-1885 NARS (54) Ft. D. A. Russell, WT (Jan. 1877 - Apr. 1880)

incl. Ft. McPherson & Sidney Barracks, Neb. Wyoming & Nebraska (July 1878-Apr. 1880) Ft. Laramie, WT (May 1880 - July 1882) Ft. Sidney, Neb. (Aug. 1882 - June 1883) Ft. McKinney, WY (Aug. 1883 - May 1885) Ft. Riley, Kansas (July 1885 - Dec. 1885)

Roll #6 Sixth Cavalry, 1892-1898 NARS (66) Ft. Niobrara, Neb. (Jan - June 1892)

Camp Elkins, WY (June - Sept. 1892) Ft. Niobrara, Neb. (Sept 1892 - July 1894) Evanston, Ill (July - Oct. 1894) Ft. Meyer, Va (Oct. 1894 - Apr. 1898) incl. service in Ks, Wy, and at Fort Robinson. Camp Geo. H. Thomas, GA (May 1898) Tampa, Fla (June 1898) in Cuba and Phillipines (1898-1899) Ft. Riley, Kansas (March - June 1899)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 24

Roll #7 Eighth Cavalry, 1905-1907 NARS (84) Jefferson Barracks, MO (Jan-Apr 1905)

Phillipine Islands, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and Ft. Riley, Kansas (May 1905 - May 1907) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (June - Dec. 1907)

Roll #8 Eighth Cavalry, 1908-1911 NARS (85) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (Jan - May 1908)

Camp Emmet Crawford, WY (June-Aug. 1908) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (Sept 1908 - June 1910) on manuevers (June-July 1910) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (July - Nov. 1910) Returns & Field Returns of 8th cavalry in service in the Phillipines, Arizona, and at Fort Robinson, June 1910 - Dec. 1911

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 25 SERIES THREE CAVALRY REGIMENT RETURNS (cont)

Roll #9A Ninth Cavalry, 1873-1880 (NARS 88) Roll #9B Ninth Cavalry, 1881-1887 (NARS 89) Roll #9C Ninth Cavalry, 1888-1895 NARS (90) Headquartered at Fort Robinson, Neb.

Roll #10 Ninth Cavalry, 1896-1900 NARS (91) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (Jan.-July 1888)

In the field (August 1888) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (Sept 1888 - May 1892) Wyoming (June-Aug. 1892) Ft. Robinson, Neb. (Sept 1892 - April 1898) Cuban Service (Apr - Sept 1898) Ft. Grant, AZ (Sept 1898 - June 1900) Phillipine Service, AZ & UT (July-Dec. 1900)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 26

Roll #11A Tenth Cavlary, 1873-1880 NARS (97) Roll #11B Tenth Cavalry, 188-1896 NARS (98) Roll #11C Tenth Cavalry, 1901-1904 NARS (100) Cuban, Phillipine, & Texas Service

January - May 1902 Fort Robinson, Neb. (June 1902)

NOTE: June 1902 is followed by Squadron and troop returns for Dec. 1901-Oct. 1902

Roll continues w/ regimental returns

Ft Robinson, Neb. (Jan 1902 - Dec. 1904)

Roll #12 Tenth Cavalry, 1905-1909 (Wyo./Neb.) NARS (101) Ft. Robinson (Jan. - Aug. 1905)

Wyoming (Sept 1905) Ft. Robinson (Oct. 1905 - June 1906) Wyoming & in the field (July-Sept 1906) Wyoming & Montana (October 1906) Ft. Robinson (Nov. 1906 - Feb. 1907) at sea (March 1907 Phillipine Service (Apr. 1907 - June 1909)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 27

Ft. Ethan Allan, Vt (July - Dec. 1909) (w/ detachment in Kansas)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 28 SERIES THREE CAVALRY REGIMENT RETURNS (cont)

Roll #13 Twelfth Cavalry, 1910-1916 NARS (108) Phillipine Service (Jan-Dec. 1910)

at sea (Jan. 1911) Ft. Robinson & Ariz. (Feb. - Dec. 1911) Ft. Robinson & Ft. Meade, SD January 1911 - June 1913 Ft. Rob., SD & Wyo. (July - Oct. 1913) Ft. Rob., NM, WY, SD (Nov. 1913) Ft. Rob., TX, WY, SD (Dec. 1913 - Mar. 1914) Ft. Rob., TX, CO, NM (Apr. - Sept. 1914) Ft. Rob., TX, CO, SD (Oct - Dec. 1914) Ft. Rob., TX, WY, SD (Jan. 1914 - Apr. 1916) New Mexico & Canal Zone (March-Dec. 1916)

SERIES FOUR RETURNS FROM REGULAR ARMY INFANTRY REGIMENTS (M665)

NOTE: All five reels of this microfilm are on file at Fort Robinson. The Lincoln reference room has reels 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 available

Roll #1 Fourth Infantry, Jan. 1876 - Dec. 1885 NARS (47)

Roll #2 Fourth Infantry, Jan. 1886 - Dec. 1892 NARS (48)

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film RG535 United States. Office of the Adjutant General Sheet 29

Roll #3 Eighth Infantry, Jan. 1883 - Dec. 1892 NARS (95)

Roll #4 Eighth Infantry, Jan. 1893 - Dec. 1899 NARS (96)

Roll #5 Ninth Infantry, Jan. 1870 - Dec. 1879 NARS (104)

Roll #6 Fourteenth Infantry, Jan. 1873-Dec. 1882

NARS (155) Roll #7 Fourteenth Infantry, Jan. 1873-Dec. 1892 NARS (156)

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Roll #A Index to compiled records of Nebraska Soldiers NARS 547 in civil war, A-La AR #1

Roll #B Index to compiled records of Nebraska Soldiers NARS 547 in civil war, Le-Z (not yet purchased). AR #2

Following compiled records may include name, age, physical description, place of birth and

occupation, enlistment information and remarks, enlistment papers, service record, discharge papers and disability discharge certificates. Not all individuals have this detailed information.

First Nebraska Cavalry (M1787)

Roll #1 Aalsop, William - Banks, William Roll #2 Barada, Michael - Blanche, Joseph Roll #3 Blioen, Albert H. - Bullinger, Henry Roll #4 Buoyer, Felix - Carpenter, William W. Roll #5 Carr, John - Cooper, Isaiah Roll #6 Copeland, Augustus - Dawson, Lewis Roll #7 Dean, Charles - Effelburgh, Joseph Roll #8 Egan, Patrick - French, Samuel Roll #9 Frick, Charles - Grewell, James

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Roll #10 Grice, Lysurgus - Hazzard, Raddamus Roll #11 Heath, Andrew M. - Hyett, Daniel Roll #12 Iler, John S. - Kellogg, Murray Roll #13 Kelly, John - LaPorte, Alonzo Roll #14 Largranne, Emmele - Luebbes, Theodore Roll #15 Lull, Hoyt M. - McDaniels, Thomas P. Roll #16 McDonald, Francis A. - Miller, John Roll #17 Miller, John H. - Nosler, James M. Roll #18 Nowels, Thomas to Porter, Cyrus O. Roll #19 Potter, J. C. - Richy, Joseph E. Roll #20 Rieber, John W. - Sego, John Roll #21 Seitz, Smith - Smith, Orlando

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First Nebraska Cavalry (cont), M1787

Roll #22 Smith, Philander - Swetland, George Roll #23 Swiggart, W. P. - Urwin, John Roll #24 Valentine, Alexander - Wicks, A. W. Roll #25 Wilburn, George H. - Zook, Isaac V.

First Battalion Nebraska Cavalry (M1787)

Roll #25 Adams, Andrew - Bates, William H. Roll #26 Belden, George P - Groves, Jacob H. Roll #27 Hahn, John - Monroe, Charles Roll #28 Moore, Calvin P. - Strayer, Daniel Roll #29 Sullivan, John B. - Zook, Isaac V.

Second Nebraska Cavalry (M1787)

Roll #29 Abbott, Isaac W. - Andres, John Roll #30 Archer, Charles - Boynton, John L. Roll #31 Bradway, Calvin - Conway, Byron L. Roll #32 Cook, Christian - Duryea, Sylvanus Roll #33 Dustin, Jacob - Gray, Henry Roll #34 Green, Presley H. - Huff, James Roll #35 Hughes, Amos T. - Lee, William L.

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Roll #36 Lemon, Lemuel D. - Meyers, James Roll #37 Millage, Henry - Picketts, William Roll #38 Pierce, Asel - Scarlett, Stephen Roll #39 Schademann, John S. - Stevenson, James Roll #40 Stewart, Alexander S. - Warmsley, John N. Roll #41 Waters, Civilian - Zook, William R.

Omaha Scouts

Roll #41 Allen, James R. - Green Thunder Roll #42 Hagaga, Edward - Young Calf

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Pawnee Scouts

Roll #42 Ahrekahwah - La-shar-pit-koo Roll #42 Latahcots, Kitebutts - Wiffe de root, Kahwah

Miscellaneous

Roll #43 Service Cards and Personal Papers

The following reels consist of compiled records of Military units in volunteer Union

Organizations. The cards record the engagements and duties of the individual units, not individuals, 1861-1865.

Roll #44 7th Iowa Cavalry NARS 594 AR #51

Roll #45 7th & 11th Kansas Cavalry NARS 594 AR #58

Roll #46 Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire NARS 594 including Omaha & Pawnee Scouts record of events AR #101

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Roll #47 11th Ohio Cavalry NARS 594 AR #141

END OF INVENTORY AIP/SW 9/28/1988 AIP/PMC WP51 (11/4/1993) SRW/SRW WP6.0 (12/20/1995) PMC/PMC WP6.0 (3/29/1999) GMK (09/26/2018)