Commanding the Utah expedition, Albert Johnston arrived at Fort Leavenworth on September 11, 1857. The following day, he ordered to Fitz-John Porter to keep twenty mounted infantry at Fort Kearny in case of Indian attacks on that vicinity.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Kearny
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862, Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901, United States. Adjutant-General's Office, and Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Capt. Jesse Gove of the 10th Regt. describes the return journey of the Utah Expedition sent out by President Buchanan against the Mormons in 1857. Gove records the trip from Fort Bridger by way of the Green River, Big and Little Sandy, Pacific Pony Express Station, South Pass, Devil's Gate, Platte Bridge, and Fort Laramie. The regiment stayed at the Fort and then continued on to Dripp's Trading Past, Scott's Bludds, Fort Kearney, and Fort Leavenworth. Volume (transcript) scanned.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Gove, Jesse Augustus, 1824-1862, United States Army Infantry Regiment, 10th, and Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Typescript, carbon, copy of a memoir written by Theodore Boos concerning his service in the United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment, 1857-1862. Most of the memoir concerns Boos's experiences during the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, in which the Army intervened in the government of Utah Territory in response to reports of Mormon rebellion. Boos describes in detail the progress of the campaign from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake City, including destruction of supply trains by Mormons, the effects of hunger, desertion by soldiers, encounters with traders and American Indians, and other incidents of the march; arrival at Salt Lake City, his impressions of the city and relations between soldiers and Mormons; and the building of Camp Floyd and incidents during two years of encampment there. In 1860 the 10th Regiment left Utah for Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Boos describes life at Fort Laramie, his impressions of Dakota Indians, and news of the Civil War and decisions by officers at Fort Laramie to serve in the United States or Confederate Armies. He briefly describes his discharge in 1862 and return to Chicago, Illinois.
Description:
Purchased from Fred A. Rosenstock on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1971.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Great Plains--Description and travel, Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah--Description and travel, Wyoming--Description and travel, and Wyoming--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject (Name):
Boos, Theodore, 1836-1894, United States Army Infantry Regiment, 10th, and Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations and Mormons--Utah--History--19th century
