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Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865 (open access)

Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865

Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Kalisch, Philip A. & Kalisch, Beatrice J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History