Army episodes and anecdotes; or Life at Vancouver Barracks. The romance and the reality of the frontier 1853-1893

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Title: Army episodes and anecdotes; or Life at Vancouver Barracks. The romance and the reality of the frontier 1853-1893
Creator: Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917
Abstract: A history of Vancouver Barracks (later Fort Vancouver), the Indian wars, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute, and the death of Gen. Canby. The manuscript also contains copies of letters from Dr. William C. McKay, Ranald Macdonald, Gen. C. C. Augur's account of the wars in southern Oregon, and a list of deceased officers who served at Vancouver Barracks, 1849-93. The work consists of a summary of 18 chapters, an appendix, and the complete text of chapters 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17 and appendices 1-3 and 5.
Description: General Thomas Anderson, was colonel of the 14th Infantry and in command at Vancouver Barracks for many years.
Typed bound transcript available in the collection.
Available on microfilm.
Chapter 11 which is included in the list of chapters but is not in the manuscript, was probably used by Anderson for his article "The Vancouver Reservation Case. A Legal Romance," Oregon Historical Quarterly. VIII (1907): 219-230.
Provenance: Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent: 200 27 cm. p. (in 1 box) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note: Mixed resolutions. Folders 2-3, 5 fully digitized.
Language: English

Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Fort Vancouver (Wash.)
Oregon
San Juan Islands (Wash.)
Subject (Name): Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898.
Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America
Wars
History
Boundaries
Subjects: Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898
Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917
Indians of North America > Wars
Fort Vancouver (Wash.) > History
Oregon > History
San Juan Islands (Wash.) > Boundaries
United States

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas McArthur Anderson, Army Episodes and Anecdotes. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.