Near the base of this hill, over 100 cavalry men and volunteers met disaster in the opening battle of the Nez Perce War. Rushing from Grangeville on the evening of June 16, 1877, Captain David Perry planned to stop the Indians from crossing Salmon...
Civil War, Solider's Home, Presbyterian Church, Missouri, Montana, Idaho, President McKinley, Republican Ticket, Territorial Politics, U.S. Military
Manuscript collection for Colonel Peter R. Dolman (born 1833, died 1904). Dolman was married twice with 3 children. He fought in the U.S. Civil War for the Missouri Volunteers, and was a "Progressive" Montana Politician. The Collection includes...
Proclamations; Governors; Militias; Military officers; Military mobilizations; War; Indigenous peoples;
Executive Department, General Order No. 1., issued 6-19-1877 to organize Companies and Regiments of volunteers to restore peace in the Territory. Governor Brayman, Commander in Chief. E. J. Curtis, Secretary and Adjutant-General.
