. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, etc. . efully the address 1 am sendingyou. and the repon IMair made—also the address of Strong—Ithink you will come to the same conclusions I give yon. An articleon the death of Oeneral ]\rcl*herson. by \\. W. .\llen, of San Diego,California, Signal ()flicei- of the Aiiiiy of the Tennessee, appearedin an issue of the National Tribune some tinu this year, but ofwhat date 1 do not know. It goes to piove the time and the hourMclMiei-son was killed, and the capture of the skirmish-line thatkilled him. Of course a grea! many of the ofdcial Icp
. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, etc. . efully the address 1 am sendingyou. and the repon IMair made—also the address of Strong—Ithink you will come to the same conclusions I give yon. An articleon the death of Oeneral ]\rcl*herson. by \\. W. .\llen, of San Diego,California, Signal ()flicei- of the Aiiiiy of the Tennessee, appearedin an issue of the National Tribune some tinu this year, but ofwhat date 1 do not know. It goes to piove the time and the hourMclMiei-son was killed, and the capture of the skirmish-line thatkilled him. Of course a grea! many of the ofdcial Icports arc mis-leading as to time, and it is only by these ciicnmstances that we canjudge definitely. I notice it was li:i() ocdock. according to Allen,when they tirst heaid the Iattle of musketi\ and aitillery. When you ha\e Icad Allens article pk-ase retuiii il to me. Twill be \-er\ glad to gi\( you any furtbei- infoi-mation y(ui may needif it is possible for me to do so. Trul\ and coidially yours,General Gkeen B. IJaum. Ghenville M. Dodge. Chicago. THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS1864 AND 1865 Written in 1874 By Major-General Grenville M. Dodge AND Read to the Colorado Commandery of the Loyal LegionOF the United States, at Denver April 21, 1907. Jn Deeeiiiltcr. ISi;-!:. 1 was assi^uuod to tliL (■(nuniaml ni theDoitartniont of the Missouri. In Jamiarv, 1SG5. I received a dis-patch from General ({rant asking if a campaign on the plains couldhe made in the winter. I answered, Yes, if the proper preparationwas made to clotlu and UiNouac tlu troops. A few days after Ireceived a dispatch from (ieneral Grant ordering me to Fort Leaven-worth. In the meantime the Deiiartnient of Kansas was mergedinto tlie Dejiartment of the ^Missouri, placing under my conrniandMissouri, the Indian Territory, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,and all tlie country south of the Yellowstone Rivei-, and emhracingall the overland mail-routes and telegraph-lines to the Pacific. On Icaching Fort Leavenworth I fo
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