John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and later a United States senator from Nebraska, governor of Wyoming Territory, and governor of Nebraska.
Camp Cloak, near Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. Str: Below I give you a list of the killed, wounded, and missing in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers in the battle…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER, Fort Smith, Ark., September 8, 1864. Lieut. Col. W. D. GREEN, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of Arkansas : Sir: I have delayed sending down the detachment…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER, Fort Smith, Ark., September 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. STEELE, Commanding Department of Arkansas : Srr: This is the first time for the last three…