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Gift of Leah Menefee, November 1978 (Lib. Acc. 14629).
Elias Henry Brodie (1826-1896) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the United States Army at age 13 as a bugler and served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars. In 1868 he was transferred to the Pacific Coast and stationed at Fort Stevens, Oregon, where he served as ordnance sergeant until his retirement in 1885. His son, Edward Everett Brodie, was a lighthouse keeper at Tillamook Rock Light Station in Oregon and at North Head Light, Washington; he later was a newspaper publisher and diplomat.
Elias Henry Brodie diary, Mss 2517, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The Oregon Historical Society Research Library also holds the original diaries, which are designated Coll 659; and a microfilm copy of the original diaries, which is part of the Military collection, Mss 1514.
Typescript diary of Elias Henry Brodie, Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, 14th U.S. Infantry, 1865-1896, regarding his service in the military. The journal was continued after his death by his son, Edward Everett Brodie, 1896-1900.
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