Letter : Fort Rice, Dakota Territory, to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, 1864 Dec 8.

1 item (6 p.) ; 25 cm.

English

Ex libris Frank T. Siebert. Purchased from Sotheby's on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1999.

Charles Dimon, soldier, served throughout the Civil War and was colonel of the First United States Volunteer Infantry regiment of Galvanized Yankees at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory, 1864-1865.

Holograph letter, Dimon's copy, sent to Major General Butler reporting on his command and suggesting that the government's Indian policies be reformed. He points out that the policies of the Indian Bureau and the War Department are at odds, with Indian agents and traders driving the Indians to the point of war, and suggests that trade with the Indians be put under military management. He also deplores efforts to remove General Alfred Sully from his post.

June 01, 2002

Charles Augustus Ropes Dimon, Letter to Major General B. F. Butler. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Charles Augustus Ropes Dimon, Letter to Major General B. F. Butler. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.