14 November 2017

Captain Backus Sailed To Savannah



Visitor's Center In Savannah, Georgia

The Historical Magazine printed the Diary of the Indian campaign in Florida of 1837-8, written by Capt. Electus Backus, U.S.A.

Captain Backus writes that he left Detroit November 14, 1837, and arrived in New York November 21.  On the 9th of December, 1837, he sailed in command of a detachment of 194 recruits for Savannah and arrived there on Dec. 15.


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