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==Artifacts in the Collection== | ==Artifacts in the Collection== | ||
| − | + | * Materials that were part of the uniforms worn by R.W. Foote consist of a black felt hat, epaulets, a belt and a velvet cadet's cap. These were in two small trunks, mentioned in his last letter to his sister, to be shipped to Delhi, New York. | |
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| − | + | *Journal and Letters. The Journal of Rensselaer William Foote was written, mainly in central Florida at various U. S. Army encampments, in 1839-42 when Foote was a young man, in his 20s. He was a Captain, 6th Infantry U.S. Army, in the [[Seminole Wars]]. | |
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| − | The Journal of Rensselaer William Foote was written, mainly in central Florida at various U. S. Army encampments, in 1839-42 when Foote was a young man, in his 20s. He was a Captain, | ||
[[Journal of Rensselaer William Foote|Read the Journal here...]] | [[Journal of Rensselaer William Foote|Read the Journal here...]] | ||
| − | + | *The letters of R.W. Foote represent a substantial collection full of detail of army life in the middle of the 19th century. Spanning the entire United States, they are written both to Foote, and from him, in New York City, Florida, Oklahoma and the "Western Territories" and California. | |
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| − | + | *[[Rensselaer William Foote Obituaries and Newspaper Articles|Obituaries and Clippings]] | |
| − | + | ==Biography== | |
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| − | + | '''Rensellaer William Foote''', spent his life as a soldier, battling ill health and living in a succession of army outposts built during warfare with various Native American nations, from Florida to present-day Oklahoma to California. A common theme in his letters is his expressed wish to have a small, quite cabin to live in. He also laments, later in his career, that he is not likely to be promoted to the rank of Major. In his last battle however, the Major he was serving under as Captain, was killed by Confederate fire, and Foote was therefor a Major, for a few hours, until he himself was killed. | |
| − | [[ | + | ===[[Chronology of the Life of Rensselaer William Foote]]=== |
| − | + | ===Genealogy=== | |
| − | + | '''[[Charles A. Foote Genealogy|Charles Augustus Foote]]''' born 1785 to [[Ebenezer Foote]] and Jerusha Purdy. He died at Delhi, New York in 1828 and is buried “in the private burying ground at “Arbor Hill.” He married 1808, '''Maria Baldwin''', daughter of [[Jesse Baldwin]] and Margaretta de Hart of New York City, or Newark, New Jersey. | |
| + | <br>[[Charles A. Foote Genealogy|Their children and genealogy can be found here.]] | ||
| − | ==The Removal of the Seminole People/Seminole wars== | + | ==[[The Removal of the Seminole People/Seminole wars]]== |
| − | + | From 1817 to 1858, the government of the United States committed almost $40,000,000 (in year 2005 dollars) to the forced removal of slightly more than 3,000 Maskókî men, women, and children from Florida to Oklahoma. Together with the desultory Third Seminole War, a series of skirmishes that took place between 1856 and 1858, the United States spent much of the first half of the 19th century in trying, unsuccessfully, to dislodge about 5,000 Seminoles from Florida. It was the most expensive war in United States history. Federal troops included: | |
| + | *[[United States 2nd Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[United States 5th Infantry]] | ||
| + | *[[United States 6th Infantry]] | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grattan_Massacre | ||
| + | *[[United States 7th Infantry]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 2 September 2021
Contents
Artifacts in the Collection
- Materials that were part of the uniforms worn by R.W. Foote consist of a black felt hat, epaulets, a belt and a velvet cadet's cap. These were in two small trunks, mentioned in his last letter to his sister, to be shipped to Delhi, New York.
- Journal and Letters. The Journal of Rensselaer William Foote was written, mainly in central Florida at various U. S. Army encampments, in 1839-42 when Foote was a young man, in his 20s. He was a Captain, 6th Infantry U.S. Army, in the Seminole Wars.
- The letters of R.W. Foote represent a substantial collection full of detail of army life in the middle of the 19th century. Spanning the entire United States, they are written both to Foote, and from him, in New York City, Florida, Oklahoma and the "Western Territories" and California.
Biography
Rensellaer William Foote, spent his life as a soldier, battling ill health and living in a succession of army outposts built during warfare with various Native American nations, from Florida to present-day Oklahoma to California. A common theme in his letters is his expressed wish to have a small, quite cabin to live in. He also laments, later in his career, that he is not likely to be promoted to the rank of Major. In his last battle however, the Major he was serving under as Captain, was killed by Confederate fire, and Foote was therefor a Major, for a few hours, until he himself was killed.
Chronology of the Life of Rensselaer William Foote
Genealogy
Charles Augustus Foote born 1785 to Ebenezer Foote and Jerusha Purdy. He died at Delhi, New York in 1828 and is buried “in the private burying ground at “Arbor Hill.” He married 1808, Maria Baldwin, daughter of Jesse Baldwin and Margaretta de Hart of New York City, or Newark, New Jersey.
Their children and genealogy can be found here.
The Removal of the Seminole People/Seminole wars
From 1817 to 1858, the government of the United States committed almost $40,000,000 (in year 2005 dollars) to the forced removal of slightly more than 3,000 Maskókî men, women, and children from Florida to Oklahoma. Together with the desultory Third Seminole War, a series of skirmishes that took place between 1856 and 1858, the United States spent much of the first half of the 19th century in trying, unsuccessfully, to dislodge about 5,000 Seminoles from Florida. It was the most expensive war in United States history. Federal troops included:
- United States 2nd Infantry
- United States 5th Infantry
- United States 6th Infantry
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grattan_Massacre
- United States 7th Infantry
