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Journal of expedition of U.S. Dragoons under command of Cooke to protect traders on Santa Fe Trail from Missouri to Mexican boundary.
Journal kept while a member of Bennet Riley's escort to Santa Fe in 1829. Includes a copy of a letter dated April 28, 1847 to S.H. Turner concerning Commodore Stockton, John C. Fremont, and the situation in California. Also includes a photostat of Cooke's promotion to Lt. Colonel.
Handwritten letter dated 8 March 1886. Cooke responds to a request to give an account his part in the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, during which a federal army entered Utah. Cooke writes about the march, the wintering at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the establishing of Camp Floyd, Utah, and about his conversatins with Albert Sidney Johnston, who led the expedition.
As part of HistoryCentral.com, MultiEducator, Inc., located in New Rochelle, New York, presents biographical information about U.S. General Philip St. George Cooke (1809-1895). Cooke fought for the Union during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). Cooke was involved in the campaigns at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Wilderness. An image of Cooke is available.
A report on conditions in his district, with mention of Fort Moore.