University of Wyoming
Wishart (b. 1834) was a lieutenant with the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Regiment. In 1867 he was assigned to Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
Collection consists of a diary kept by Wishart from April to December 1867 narrating his train trip from Washington, Pennsylvania to Fort McPherson, Nebraska and the subsequent march to Fort Phil Kearny. Wishart also describes performing guard duty while timber and hay were being cut and escorting wagon trains to and from Fort Reno, Wyoming, and into Montana. Wishart was escorting a wagon train at the time of the Wagon Box fight in August 1867.
The collection also contains the transcript of a September 1, 1867 letter to his son Marcus W. Wishart on his eighth birthday.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Alexander Wishart at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
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