Guarding the Overland Trails - The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War XXIV

Book

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Guarding the Overland Trails - The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War XXIV

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.1548

Description

Guarding the Over Land Trails, The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War. During the Civil War, from 1862-8166 when other units were fighting the Confederates, the Ohio volunteers stationed themselves along the Oregon-California trail route to guard roughly 700 miles with its mail and telegraph from near Scotts Bluff to South Pass. They also saw duty further south as the mail ran over the Overland Trail from Fort Collins to Bridgers Pass. This book describes the area, Native American vexations, and other challenges that this unit encountered during the Civil War. The appendix includes the author's notes and statistics, a bibliography and an index. Number twenty-four in a series. 367/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs/Tables.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civil wars

Search Terms

Eleventh Ohio Calvary, Civil War, Antislavery, Arapahos Indians, Sioux, OregonTrail, General Sherman, Slavery, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Laramie, Fort Kearney, Kansas Troops, Iowa Troops, Ohio Troops, Indian Interaction, Native Americans, Telegraph, Military, U.S. Calvary, Ohio, Trails

Book Details

Author

Jones, Robert Huhn

Place Published

City

Spokane

State/Province

Washington

Date Published

2005

Call No.

Western JO

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent