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Part 2 (M87-106): Additions, 1962-1983

Part 3 (M2012-086): Additions, 1966-1976

Container	Title
Mss 446	Series: War Department Files, 1789-1870
Box 1	Adjutant General's Office: Letter Books of the Secretary of War, 1800-1867 Physical Description: About 600 cards Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological Scope and Content Note: Instructions for operation on the frontier.
Box 1	Adjutant General's Office: Letters of the Secretary of War to the President, 1802-1862 Physical Description: About 75 cards Scope and Content Note: Valuable in the study of the military and Indian policies of the United States.
Box 2	Adjutant General's Office: Letters of the Secretary of War to Congress, 1803-1870 Physical Description: About 200 cards Scope and Content Note: Valuable in the study of the military and Indian policies of the United States.
Box 2	Adjutant General's Office: Confidential and Unofficial Correspondence, 1814-1841 Physical Description: 10 cards
	Adjutant General's Office: Letters Received by the Secretary of War, 1789-1867 Scope and Content Note: Valuable for study of conditions on the frontier.
Box 2	1789-1812
Box 3	1812-1821
Box 4	1822-1867
Box 9	Adjutant General's Letter Books, 1800-1865 Physical Description: About 300 cards Scope and Content Note: Instructions to army officers.
Box 10	Adjutant General's Office: Miscellaneous Collection, 1799-1852 Physical Description: About 150 cards Scope and Content Note: Among those that pertain directly to Wisconsin are about 50 letters from Fort Howard, 1849-1852, written by Francis Lee, B.L.E. Bonneville, and others.
Box 5	Adjutant General's Office, Mails and Files Division: Letters Received, 1805-1865 Physical Description: About 850 cards
Box 5	Adjutant General's Office, Mails and Files Division: Miscellaneous Papers Physical Description: 5 cards Scope and Content Note: Re: a conspiracy to invade Canada in 1838-1840.
Box 10	Adjutant General's Office: Contracts, 1799-1806 Physical Description: 12 cards Scope and Content Note: Contracts of the War Department for furnishing rations, etc. for U.S. soldiers.
Box 10	Office of the Adjutant General: Orders, General, Special, 1797-1863 Physical Description: About 325 cards
Box 6	Black Hawk War, Miscellaneous Papers, 1832 April-September Physical Description: About 175 cards Scope and Content Note: Consists largely of correspondence among army officers regarding the war.
	Letter Books of the Department of the Northwest, 1862-1865 Physical Description: About 875 cards Scope and Content Note: From September 1 to November 29, 1862, headquarters was at St. Paul; at Madison to February 9, 1863; and at Milwaukee to 1865. A great part of the correspondence relates to the Sioux Outbreak but also is much on the “Indian Scares” in Wisconsin, draft “riots,” and methods of meeting the problems in Wisconsin, Ozaukee, Indian troubles, movement of troops, disciplinary details, etc.
Box 6	1862-1864
Box 7	1865-1873
Box 7	Department of the Northwest: Letters Received, 1862-1865 Physical Description: About 475 cards Arrangement of the Materials: Chronological Scope and Content Note: Most of the letters deal with the Sioux Outbreak and its effects on the people in the Northwest. Several letters from the Lake Superior region regard the necessity of defense against the Chippewa.
	Department of the Northwest: Orders, 1833-1837, 1862-1865 Physical Description: About 700 cards Scope and Content Note: General and special orders regarding placing of troops or individuals and courts-martial. Those for Fort crawford related entirely to courts-martial. Others are from Washington, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Camp Reno, Wisconsin.
Box 7	1862
Box 8	1863-1865
Box 8	Eastern Department: Letter Books, 1820-1841m 1849-1857 Physical Description: About 135 cards
Box 9	Eastern Department: Orders, 1821-1856 Physical Description: About 125 cards
Box 8	Eastern Department: Letters Received, 1822-1856 Physical Description: About 230 cards
Box 9	Western Department: Letter Books, 1822-1840, 1846-1848 Physical Description: About 250 cards
Box 9	Western Department: Orders, 1822-1840 Physical Description: About 50 cards
Box 9	Northern Department: Letter Books, 1818-1820, 1864-1866 Physical Description: 26 cards
Box 9	Northern Department: Letters Received, 1863-1865 Physical Description: 76 cards
Box 9	Department of the Ohio: Letters Received, 1861-1862 Physical Description: About 35 cards
	Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 1837-1865 Physical Description: About 1700 cards
Box 10	1837-1850
Box 11	1851-1856
Box 12	1857-1865
Box 14	Chief of Engineers: Letters Received, 1816-1857 Physical Description: About 375 cards
	Office of the Chief of Engineers: Miscellaneous Letters Sent, 1821-1865 Physical Description: About 350 cards
Box 14	1821-1833
Box 15	1834-1865
Box 15	Office of the Chief of Engineers: Communications to Secretary of War and Members of Congress, 1836-1862 Physical Description: 47 cards
Box 15	Office of the Chief of Engineers: Letters of Chief Engineer to Officers of Engineers, 1815-1840 Physical Description: About 50 cards
	Office of the Chief of Engineers: Letter Books of the Chief of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 1829-1866 Physical Description: About 1500 cards
Box 12	1829-1844
Box 13	1845-1866
Box 14	Office of the Chief of Engineers: Letters of the Chief of Topographical Engineers to the Secretary of War, 1843-1870 Physical Description: About 340 cards
Box 10	Letter Books of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 1828-1865 Physical Description: About 160 cards
Box 10	Letters Received by Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 1823-1865 Physical Description: About 200 cards
	Quartermaster General's Office: Letter Books, 1818-1865 Physical Description: About 1700 cards
Box 15	1818-1837
Box 16	1838-1865
	Quartermaster General's Office: Letters Received, 1818-1866 Physical Description: About 1700 cards
Box 16	1818-1822
Box 17	1823-1859
Box 18	1860-1866
	Quartermaster General's Office: Letters Received, Historical File, 1818-1867 Physical Description: About 1100 cards
Box 18	1818-1831
Box 19	1832-1867
Box 19	Quartermaster General's Office: Maps and Plans, 1829-1866 Physical Description: 22 cards
Box 19	Quartermaster General's Office: Letter Books, Reports and Estimates, 1833-1848 Physical Description: About 70 cards
Box 19	Quartermaster General's Office: Letters and Reports of the Q.M. General to the Secretary of War, Heads of Departments, and Committees of Congress, 1848-1863 Physical Description: About 85 cards