gr00668.xml Adjutant General: An Inventory of Its Orders and Circulars at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, November 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Orders and Circulars. 1858-1986. Materials in English. An incomplete set of numbered general and special orders concerning maneuvers, awards, appointments, and miscellaneous affairs of the Adjutant General's office and the Minnesota National Guard. 4.9 cubic feet (5 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Some were issued by the U. S. War Department, Division of Militia Affairs, pertaining to Minnesota personnel. Also circulars issued by the office (1899-1965, incomplete) and one volume containing information on the Indian expedition to the southern frontier (September-October 1862), lists of scouts from Wright and Stearns counties (July 1863) and independent scouts (October-December 1863), and Adjutant General's office contingency spending (June 1882-December 1883).

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865 -- Scouts and scouting. Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865 -- Veterans. Military maneuvers -- Minnesota. Military pensions -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota. National Guard -- Appointments, promotions, salaries, etc. Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General -- Awards. Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General -- Organization. Minnesota. National Guard -- Organization. United States. Division of Militia Affairs. Places: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Document Types: Circulars (fliers). Orders (military records). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Orders and Circulars. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 986-133; 2013-10

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001710297

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 109.K.13.7B General orders: 1858-1863 (bulk 1862). 1 volume.

Handwritten; includes some pasted-in printed orders.

 1863-1873 (bulk 1864). 1 volume.

Handwritten; includes a few printed orders.

 1887-1898. 1 volume.

Mainly printed and typescript; some handwritten.

 109.K.13.8F 1882-1886.

Mainly handwritten; some typescript or printed.

 109.K.13.9B 1897, 1899-1916, 1918-1923. 7 folders.

Incomplete; includes index for 1899, 1900, 1915, and 1916.

 109.K.13.13B 1924-1971. 18 folders. 116.C.1.1B Orders, 1972-1986. 17 folders.

An incomplete set of numbered general (1972-July 1976) and permanent (July 1976-1986) orders concerning maneuvers, awards, appointments, and miscellaneous affairs of the Adjutant General's office.

 109.K.13.7B Special orders: 1887-1895 (bulk 1891-1894). 1 volume.

Handwritten, typescript, and printed.

 1895-1898. 1 volume.

Typescript.

 109.K.13.8F 1882-1887.

Mainly handwritten.

 109.K.13.9B U.S. War Department, 1896-1899, 1904-1917. 4 folders.

Printed; pertaining to Minnesota personnel.

 109.K.13.8F General and special orders: 1st Brigade, 1892-February 1893, 1895-1896. 2 folders.

Typescript.

 1902-1910. 10 folders.

Typescript.

 109.K.13.9B 1911. 2 folders.

Typescript and carbon copies; may duplicate each other.

 1912-1915. 7 folders.

Typescript; includes 1st Field Artillery; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry.

 116.C.1.1B Indian Expedition to the Southern Frontier, 1862-1863, 1882-1883. 1 volume.

Mainly order numbers 1-201 (August 30–September 20, 1862; pages 1-69).Also miscellaneous notations regarding appointments, leaves, muster rolls, etc. from Headquarters, South Bend (September 20–October 3, 1862; pages 71-75); soldiers’ slips appointing H. P. Van Cleve as their power of attorney (undated; pages 76-82); letters mailed and certificates obtained (undated; pages 82-83); listing of company of scouts to serve for 60 days (Buffalo, Wright County, July 7, 13, 1863, Maple Lake, Wright County, July 9, 1863, Lake Mary, Wright County, July 15, 1863, Fair Haven, Stearns County, July 8, 1863, Corinna, Wright County, July 8, 1863; pages 100-104); independent scouts (October 5-December 3, 1863; pages 105-106); and contingencies, etc., Adjutant General’s office, June 1, 1882–December 2, 1883 (pages 130-134).

[0.9 cubic feet full, legal]

 109.K.13.7B National Guard orders and circular letters, 1893-1898. 1 volume.

Scrapbook; pertains mainly to the 1st Regiment, Minnesota National Guard.

 109.K.13.13B Circulars, 1899-1904, 1920, 1925-1936, 1940-1954, 1958-1965. 10 folders.

Incomplete; includes circulars to the National Guard.