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Preferred Citation

Lambert A. Martin Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ralph Poriss

Processing Information

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1992.

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of letters, 1861-1863, written to family members while stationed in the Dakota Territory (portion now South Dakota). Two letters, 1864, concern Martin's death and there is a portion of a memoir, "My Experience in Scouting in the Dakota Territory", and mentions of Native American Indian encounters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Indians of North America
• South Dakota--History--19th century
• Typescripts
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865