Map of the Nez Perce Indian campaign Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding

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Map of the Nez Perce Indian campaign Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding

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Title:
Map of the Nez Perce Indian campaign Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding
Description:
America Transformed: This military map records the Nez Perce War in 1877, one of the final campaigns of the U.S. Army against the tribal nations of the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Civil War leader, Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and a founder of Howard University, led U.S. troops. They pursued several bands of Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) who refused to surrender their ancestral lands and move to a smaller reservation in Idaho. Threatened with forced removal, they embarked on a northward trek to find sanctuary in Canada. After a fighting retreat of 1,170 miles and 18 skirmishes and battles, they surrendered just south of the Canadian border.
Creator:
United States. Army. Dept. of the Columbia
Contributor:
Fletcher, Robert H.
Contributor:
Howard, O. O.
Contributor:
United States. War Dept
Name on Item:
compiled & prepared by Robt. H. Fletcher 1st Lieut. 21st Infy.
Date:
[1877]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Maps
Nez Percé Indians--History--Maps
Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877--Maps
Northwestern States--Maps
Places:
Northwestern United States (area)
Extent:
1 map ; 54 x 116 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Washington] : Dept. of Columbia
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Conservation of this piece was funded by Ron Grim in honor of Gayl B. and Paul D. McDermott.
Relief shown by hachures.
Key events of campaign illustrated on perimeter.
Removed from U.S. War Dept. Report, 1877, v.1.
Inset: Scene of the outbreak.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "America transformed. Part 1: the United States expands westward," organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, 2019.
Identifier:
06_01_014287
Call #:
G4126.S55 1877 .U55
Barcode:
39999065657239