1p, 7.75 x 9.5 in., Chicago, June 28, 1879. Headquarters Mil. Div. of the Missouri, Special Orders No. 69, extending the leave of Major Frank M. Coxe, Paymaster at Fort Brown, Texas, by command of Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan. Signed Geo. A. Forsyth as Aide-de-Camp. George Alexander Forsyth (1837-1915) joined the Chicago Dragoons immediately after Lincoln's call went out in April 1861. He remained in service after the Civil War, and like most of the active military, was sent West to "control" the Indian populations. He led 50 frontiersmen and scouts against the Cheyennes in September 1868. He and his men were pinned down for nearly a week on an island in the Arickaree Fork of the Republican River in Colorado, later known as Beecher's Island (as was the battle) for 1st Lieut. Frederick Beecher who was killed in the action. He also accompanied Custer on his 1874 Black Hills expedition, and published his journal of the events in the Chicago Tribune. He was military secretary to Sheridan 1869-1873 and his ADC 1878-1881. After that he was sent to the Southwest, where he was involved in engagements against Geronimo, Juh and Loco, before being appointed commander of Fort Huachuca, AZ in 1887. After his retirement he published several books on life in the Army.
1p, 7.75 x 9.5 in., Chicago, June 28, 1879. Headquarters Mil. Div. of the Missouri, Special Orders No. 69, extending the leave of Major Frank M. Coxe, Paymaster at Fort Brown, Texas, by command of Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan. Signed Geo. A. Forsyth as Aide-de-Camp. George Alexander Forsyth (1837-1915) joined the Chicago Dragoons immediately after Lincoln's call went out in April 1861. He remained in service after the Civil War, and like most of the active military, was sent West to "control" the Indian populations. He led 50 frontiersmen and scouts against the Cheyennes in September 1868. He and his men were pinned down for nearly a week on an island in the Arickaree Fork of the Republican River in Colorado, later known as Beecher's Island (as was the battle) for 1st Lieut. Frederick Beecher who was killed in the action. He also accompanied Custer on his 1874 Black Hills expedition, and published his journal of the events in the Chicago Tribune. He was military secretary to Sheridan 1869-1873 and his ADC 1878-1881. After that he was sent to the Southwest, where he was involved in engagements against Geronimo, Juh and Loco, before being appointed commander of Fort Huachuca, AZ in 1887. After his retirement he published several books on life in the Army.
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