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Charles J. Croft
(1862-1913)
Accn. # A-2001-54
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Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal correspondence, a memo of travel, and
military records of Charles J. Croft, predominantly from his time as hospital
steward of the 1st Cavalry, California Volunteers, at Fort Goodwin and Fort
McDowell, Arizona Territory from about 1863-1866.
Processing Note
This collection was deaccessioned from the Arizona Collection (AZ 92 C941). It
was placed in Box 1 of the Small Collections boxes.
Inventory
| Box:Folder |
Description |
Dates |
| SC1:1 |
Letter from Clayton L. Croft to R. M. Allen [his mother]
describing a visit to Papeete, Otahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific
Ocean |
July 2, 1862 |
| SC1:1 |
Letter from A. Kellogg, San Francisco, to Croft, concerning
the botany of Arizona Territory, with envelope |
March 7, 1863 |
| SC1:1 |
Letter from R. M. Allen [his mother], Chicago, to Clayton
Croft, concerning the Civil War and his possible enlistment |
March 13, 1863 |
| SC1:1 |
U.S. military records from Camp Union and Camp Drum, California:
Permission for C. J. Croft to be absent from Camp Union, Sacramento,
California, “for the purpose of attending theater,” signed Gen. M. Brown |
January 1, 1864 |
| SC1:1 |
U.S. military records from Camp Union and Camp Drum, California:
Report of a missing Colt’s Revolver gun which had been stolen from the
tent of Charles Croft at Camp Union |
January 28, 1864 |
| SC1:1 |
Pencil sketches of unknown scenes |
n.d. |
| SC1:1 |
Letter from R. M. Allen [his mother], Chicago, to Clayton
Croft, concerning a death in the family |
June 26, 1864 |
| SC1:1 |
U.S. military records from Fort McDowell, Arizona: Muster
Roll of Post Hospital |
December 1, 1865 |
| SC1:1 |
Memorandum sketch of a tramp from Fort Goodwin to Fort
McDowell, Nov. 13, 1865, with map |
January 23, 1866 |
| SC1:1 |
Watercolor painting of an unknown scene, includes a note
stating, “From Mr. Croft” |
n.d. |
| SC1:1 |
U.S. military records from Fort McDowell, Arizona: Special
Orders No. 18, an order for C. J. Croft to “proceed to San Francisco[,]
Cal. to be mustered out of the service” |
February 20, 1866 |
| SC1:1 |
Letter from Thomas Weldon Magile, Corporal, Camp Goodwin,
A. T., to C. J. Croft regarding conditions at Camp Goodwin |
May 24, 1867 |
| SC1:1 |
Empty envelope from the U.S. Bureau of Pensions to Mrs.
Mary Croft, Washington D.C. |
May 26, 1913 |
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Updated: 05/08/2009
