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| | ''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska|Nebraska]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska Military Records|Nebraska Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Pawnee Scouts, Nebraska Cavalry'' |
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| === Brief History === | | === Brief History === |
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| The Pawnee Scouts, Nebraska Cavalry was organized at Columbus, Nebraska, January 13, 1865. It mustered out April 1, 1866.<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> <br> | | The Pawnee Scouts, Nebraska Cavalry was organized at Columbus, Nebraska, January 13, 1865. It mustered out April 1, 1866.<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> <br> |
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| For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
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| *The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnetr.htm#pawnee Independent Company "A" Pawnee Scouts], (accessed 29 March 2012).<br>
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| === Companies ===
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| Company A -The Pawnee Scouts were attached to District of Nebraska at Fort Kearney February 1865. Then at Fort Rankin in April. Operated on the Plains against Indians and protecting lines of communications. They also helped and protected the emigrants until April 1866.
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| Information about the companies and their officers came from ''Roster of Nebraska Volunteers from 1861-1869'', by Nebraska. Adjutant General's Office, (Hastings, Nebraska: Wigton and Evans, State Printers, 1888).<ref>Nebraska. Adjutant General's Office, ''Roster of Nebraska Volunteers, from 1861 to 1869'', (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993). Digital copy at [https://www.archive.org/stream/rosterofnebraska00nebra#page/n3/mode/2up Internet Archives]. {{FSC|723082|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6118454}} </ref> Digital copy at [https://www.archive.org/stream/rosterofnebraska00nebra#page/n3/mode/2up Internet Archive].
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| The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 154 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UNEPAWN0C00I Roster].
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| === Service After the Civil War ===
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| '''Date, Place of Action, Troops Engaged, Commanding Officer'''
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| *20 Jun.1867 Black Hills, on U.P. Railroad, Nebraska Company C, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_Scouts Pawnee Scouts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_North Maj. Frank North].
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| *17 Aug.1867 Plum Creek, Nebraska, Pawnee Scouts, [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Journals/HPR/Vol04/nhrv04p3.html Capt. Jas. Murie], Chf. Pawnee Scouts
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| *16 Aug. 1867 Plum Creek, Nebraska, Pawnee Scouts, Capt. Jas. Murie, Chf. Pawnee Scout
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| *30 Aug. 1868 Republican River, Nebraska, Companies A, and B, Pawnee Scouts
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| *26 Sep. 1869 Prairie Dog Creek, Kansas 5th Cav. Companies B, C, F, L, and M, 2nd Cav.Companies B, C, and M, and 2 Companies of Pawnee Scouts, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Duncan_%28general%29 Lt. Col. Thos. Duncan], 5th Cav.
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| Source: ''Chronological List of Actions, &C., With Indians, From January 1, 1866, to January, 1891. ''Adjutant General's Office. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/chronological-list-of-actions-c-with-indians-from-january-15-1837-to-january-1891/oclc/5516921 WorldCat] <br>
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| === Other Sources === | | === Companies<br> === |
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| *Johnson, Harrison . ''Johnson's History of Nebraska.''(Omaha, Nebraska: Henry Gibson, 1880), 591 pages. Digital copies at [http://tinyurl.com/3kjbbj7 Google Books] and [http://tinyurl.com/3m32kzm Internet Archives]. Book at {{FSC|197362|title-id|disp=FS Library 978.2 H2j}}
| | Company "A" of the Pawnee Scouts was attached to Dristrict of Nebraska at Fort Kearney February 1865 Then at Fort Rankin in April. Operations on Plains against Indains and protecting lines of communications .Also they helped and protected the emigrants untill April 1866. |
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| *[http://www.bchs.us/documents/BT_2005_no_2.pdf Fort Kearny's Unconventional Army Units] gives a short history of the Pawnee Scouts, though only a little about their actions during the Civil War.<br>
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| *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Nebraska in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br>
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| *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
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| *[[Nebraska in the Civil War|Nebraska in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Nebraska, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
| | [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/museum/teachers/material/trailblz/ntb1.pdf Nebraska Trailblazer] gives history about the Pawnee Scouts.<br> |
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| *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
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| === References === | | === References === |
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| [[Category:Nebraska_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | | [[Category:Nebraska_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] |
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