Manuscript field journal that documents the military career of Bennett A. Clements, July 27, 1859, to January 4, 1886. The volume principally discusses the daily activities of Clements and the United States Army troops commanded by Colonel Edward Richard Sprigg Canby in Utah and New Mexico Territories from 1860 to 1862 . Activities included protecting settlers against American Indians and negotiating with Navajo, Ute, and Zuni Indians, and fighting with Confederate States Army troops. Later journal entries include details of Clements' subsequent service with the Army of the Potomac and at hospitals in New York City, and as a medical doctor with United States Army troops commanded by General George Crook in the Dakota Territory in 1876. The journal also documents events and trips taken by his immediate family.
Description:
Bennett Augustine Clements (1831-1886) was a surgeon in the United States Army. In 1856, he earned a commission as an assistant surgeon in the Regular Army Medical Staff Infantry Regiment. From 1856 to 1863, he served in Florida, Texas, Utah, and New Mexico. In 1863, he became a full surgeon with the rank of major and administered hospitals during the American Civil War. In 1876, Clements served in the Indian Wars in the Dakota Territory. In 1871, he married Mary Isabella Rutherford Clements (born 1844), and they had two daughters, Lucille Rutherford Clements Arnold (1872-1952) and Maude Hamilton Clements (1874-1944). He died at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas., In English., and Purchased from William Reese Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010.
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico--Discovery and exploration, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, and Utah--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg,--1817-1873, Clements, Bennett A.--(Bennett Augustine),---1886, Confederate States of America.--Army, Copley, James S.--(James Strohn)--Bookplate, Crook, George,--1829-1890, and United States.--Army of the Potomac--Medical care
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1876, Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico, Frontier and pioneer life--Utah, Navajo Indians, Navajo Indians--Wars, Ute Indians, and Zuni Indians
Two typewritten manuscripts: "The outbreak of Chief Joseph" (WA MSS 109) and "Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876..." (WA MSS 110) Pen and ink sketches: a plan of the battlefield in the Nez Percé war and sketch of the way wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Big Horn were transferred to the steamer Far West.
Alternative Title:
The outbreak of Chief Joseph
Description:
Homer Coon, soldier in General Gibbon's command, fought in the Sioux campaign of 1876 and Nez Percé outbreak of 1877.
Subject (Name):
Coon, Homer, Reno, Marcus A.--(Marcus Albert),--1835-1889, and Terry, Alfred Howe,--1827-1890
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1876, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, and Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877
Two typewritten manuscripts: "The outbreak of Chief Joseph" (WA MSS 109) and "Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876..." (WA MSS 110) Pen and ink sketches: a plan of the battlefield in the Nez Percé war and sketch of the way wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Big Horn were transferred to the steamer Far West.
Alternative Title:
A review of the Campaign of 1876 looking over the Custer battle ground a few hours after the massacre by the Sioux. and Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876 as I saw it from the viewpoint of an enlisted man, and from first-hand [information] told to us
Description:
Homer Coon, soldier in General Gibbon's command, fought in the Sioux campaign of 1876 and Nez Percé outbreak of 1877.
Subject (Name):
Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898, Coon, Homer, Reno, Marcus A.--(Marcus Albert),--1835-1889, and Terry, Alfred Howe,--1827-1890
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1876, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, and Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877
