From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Taos Mutinty: General orders, No. 12, War Department, August 9, 1856

May 23, 2009

GENERAL ORDERS          )                  WAR DEPARTMENT No. 12.                       )                                 ADJUTANT GENERAL—™S OFFICE, )                                        Washington, August 9, 1855 1..  The proceedings of the General Court Martial which convened at Don Fernandez de Taos, New Mexico, May25, pursuant to —œSpecial Orders,—  No. 43, of May 14, 1855, from the Head-Quarters of the Department of New Mexico, whereof Colonel [...]

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The 1854 March of Dragoon Recruits

May 11, 2009

                     The 1854 Overland March of Dragoon Recruits On June 1, 1854, a column under the command of Lt. Colonel E. J. Steptoe, consisting of 77 supply wagons, 2 companies of 3d Artillery and 90 much needed recruits for the 1st Dragoons out in California, left Ft. Leavenworth by way of the Overland Trail.  Major [...]

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Muster Roll Company F, 30 April 1855

May 10, 2009

1st Sgt. Thomas Fitzsimmons NY 20 Jan. 1851; Reduced to the ranks and transferred to Co. K Sgt. Hugh Cameron NY 4 Mar. 1851 DS Burgwin Sgt. James Arthur Ft. Mass. 20 Aug. 1853 Re-enlisted; reduced to the ranks; sent to G Compy. Sgt. Charles Hamish Ft. Mass. 21 Aug. 1853 Re-enlisted Corp. Robert Walsh [...]

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Taos Mutiny 1855

May 1, 2009

THE TAOS MUTINY: THE ANATOMY OF A RIOT Copyright Will Gorenfeld May 24, 2009 On the 16th day of March in the year 1860, Aaron Stevens, a principled young man and abolitionist, finds himself awaiting execution on the gallows in Charleston, Virginia. A jury has declared guilty him of complicity in John Brown—™s abortive raid [...]

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