Report of the Secretary of War

Civil War

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Title: Report of the Secretary of War
Alternate Title: Ex. Doc. No. 50, 33d Congress, 2d Session, Report of the Secretary of War
Creator: Jefferson Davis
R. McLelland
George W. Manypenny
Thomas L. McKenney
John H. Eaton
S. Cooper
M.S. Howe
F.E. Hunt
Sackfield Maclin
E.A. Ogden
Description: This is Executive Document No. 50, 2nd Session, 33rd Congress, presented to the Senate on February 14, 1855 by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. The report contains copies of correspondence “respecting a claim advanced by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth; together with the result of his investigation of the alleged interference of certain army officers…with the rights of the Delaware Indians.”
Date: February 14, 1855
Local Subject: American Indians
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Kansas military units
People: Jefferson Davis
R. McLelland
George W. Manypenny
Thomas L. McKenney
John H. Eaton
S. Cooper
M.S. Howe
F.E. Hunt
Sackfield Maclin
E.A. Ogden
Franklin Pierce
Geographic Subject: Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Fort Riley, Kansas
Riley County, Kansas
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia
Location: Starr, F. C2073: f. 8, Pamphlets, 1855
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