Item #18379 Letter to Secretary of War Requesting Artillery for Military Action in American West, in the first plains Indian War 1823. Military Artillery American West.

Letter to Secretary of War Requesting Artillery for Military Action in American West, in the first plains Indian War 1823

Pamphlet

Letter of Colonel Bomford on Ordnance Duty to The Secretary of War Relative to the Number of Arms Required Annually to Supply the Militia of the West. House of Representatives: Washington, 1823. Printed Pamphlet totals 6 pages. Measures 5.75 x 8.75 inches. When the United States Army was reorganized in 1821, the Ordnance and Artillery Departments were merged with Colonel Comford promoted to full colonel and attached to the artillery. In 1823 the United States was fighting the Arikara Indians in the first plains Indian War and asserting control of the Western Hemisphere against further colonization by European powers. This text breaks down cost and quantity of artillery required by Bomford to support military efforts in the American west. Toning around edges does not affect text. Front page detached. Text is clean. Overall very good condition.

Item #18379

Price: $385.00