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Title
Letter and history Santa Fe, N.M.?, to Brig Gen. W.A. Hammond, Washington, D.C., 1863?
Creator
McNulty, James Madison
Date
1863
Place
New Mexico--Santa Fe
,
New Southwest
,
Southwest, New
Language
English
Subjects
Apache Indians
,
Soldiers
,
United States
Description
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Pages tied at upper margin with ribbon.
In box with title: March of the California Column. McNulty.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.
Summary
Letter from James M. McNulty to Brig. Gen. W.A. Hammond, then U.S. surgeon general, complying with Hammond's July 27, 1863, request that McNulty send his history on the genesis of the California Column and its 1,000 mile march from California, across Arizona and New Mexico, to the Rio Grande, Apr. 13-Aug. 8, 1862. Included in the narrative are lengthy excerpts from the journals of Lt. Col. Joseph R. West (California desert between Camp Wright and Fort Yuma; Fort Yuma to Tucson); Lieut. John B. Shinn (alternate route, Pima villages to Tucson); and Col. Edward E. Eyre (Tucson to the Rio Grande). All contain information on roads, terrain, forage, and water supply; in addition Eyre describes encounters with the Apaches and the advance troops' arrival at the Rio Grande, July 4, 1862. Also recorded in full are Col. (later Brig. Gen.) James H. Carleton's June 29, 1862, proclamation creating the Arizona Territory; July 20, 1862, general order re the march from Tucson to the Rio Grande; and Aug. 14, 1862, general order issued on his assumption of command of the Department of New Mexico. Attached to the final page is a printed Sept. 21, 1862, general order also issued by Carleton, commending the conduct of the men of the California Column.
Biographical/Historical Note
Army surgeon. Originally from New York, McNulty enlisted from California in Aug., 1861, as a surgeon in the 1st California Infantry and participated in the California Column's expedition to New Mexico. On Feb. 14, 1863, he became surgeon to the U.S. Volunteers and medical director of the Department of New Mexico.
Extent
1 item (41 p.) ; 32 cm
Format
Correspondence
,
Histories (Literary works)
,
Manuscripts (Documents)
,
Manuscripts, American
,
Orders (Military records)
,
Records and correspondence
,
Sources
,
Transcripts
,
Travel literature
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
Newberry Open Access Policy
The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Ayer MS 556
BibID
143125
Size
2271px × 3631px 23.62 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991431258805867_Ayer_MS_556_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11IBHZ
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