1862 military letter

Titles: 1862 military letter (Supplied title)

Description: Letter written by Oscar Malmros, Minnesota's Adjutant General, at the direction of Governor Alexander Ramsey, to Captain George C. Whitcomb. Whitcomb was the Meeker County treasurer before Ramsey commissioned him Captain and assigned him to organize the Minnesota Home Guard against the Dakota during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

Dates

• 09/03/1862 (Creation)

Creation

• received by: Whitcomb, Captain George C.
• author: Malmros, Oscar
• about: Ramsey, Alexander

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1992.1.20

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 10 inches height
• 15 1/2 inches width

Subjects

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