Post by McIntosh on Mar 5, 2007 14:00:20 GMT -6
Hey All!
Thought I'd share this with you. This is a little something I came up with in order to help myself get a little better grasp on the man and thus improve my living history impression of him.
Please feel free to alert me to any thing that any of you have found to be incorrect as to dates, etc. or if you have any additional information I can add.
Thanks for looking!!!
Donald McIntosh Timeline…
1838 (1839)
September 3 (4)—Donald McIntosh is born to John and Charlotte (Robinson) McIntosh in Jasper House, Alberta, Canada.
1838-1844
Donald’s father works at Connolly’s Lake, Babines Post and McLeod’s Lake. He is killed by a Sickanie Indian while trapping.
1844
Dr. John McLaughlin takes in the 4 year old Donald and his family.
1846
Donald and his family move to Fort Vancouver, and he is educated in the Hudson Bay Company’s school during this time.
1848
June 4—Donald is confirmed in Vancouver at the St. James Church.
1851-1853
Donald leaves his family and is in Oregon City working.
1854
McIntosh is located in Portland, but later moves to Fort Dalles and then Fort Steilacoom.
1856
November 13—McIntosh joins the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department at the Dalles as a clerk.
1857
August 10—Donald’s mother dies.
September 3—Dr. McLaughlin passes away.
1859
November 4—Donald’s brother, John, dies.
1860-1865
McIntosh serves as ‘Chief Clerk’ for the Assistant Quartermaster Genera, Col. Rucker throughout the Civil War in Washington, D.C.
1866
October 13—Donald marries Mary (Mollie) Garrett in Baltimore, Maryland.
1867
August 17—Due to his favorable record in the Quartermaster Dept., McIntosh is appointed 2nd Lieutenant of M Company, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
October 16—Donald joins the regiment at Fort Harker (Kansas).
1868
May 4-June 5—McIntosh is assigned to detached service to serve as escort to a survey party at Plum Creek, Nebraska.
June 25—McIntosh comes down with dysentery and is sick for 10 months at Fort Harker, missing the battle of the Washita that November.
1869
May 7—McIntosh is better and joins Company M at Fort Larned.
Summer—Donald McIntosh spends this time at Fort Hays with Gen. Custer
(Big Creek Camp picture with Mollie featured is taken)
Fall—M Company leaves Fort Hays, via Fort Harker, via Fort Riley to arrive at Fort Leavenworth.
1870
April—M Company leaves Fort Leavenworth, via Fort Riley to Fort Harker.
March 22—2nd Lieutenant Donald McIntosh is appointed 1st Lieutenant, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
March 29—Donald is placed under arrest by Colonel Sturgis, whom disliked the Lieutenant.
June 11—Captain Custer, Lieutenant McIntosh and 33 men of Troop M join Captain Keogh on railroad protection duty.
July 14—McIntosh accepts his 1st Lieutenancy position at Fort Hays, Kansas, and is assigned to Company G, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
August 18—Colonel Sturgis calls for McIntosh’s resignation.
November 11—General Custer testifies as to McIntosh’s character during his hearing before the Board of Review in Washington.
1871
February 11—McIntosh rejoins Company G at Fort Lyon (Colorado Territory) after the charges against him are dismissed.
May 28—G Company is transferred to Columbia (South Carolina).
June 10— G Company is transferred to Fort Sumpter (South Carolina).
August 9— G Company is transferred to Atlanta (Georgia).
October 15— G Company is transferred to Columbia (South Carolina).
November 5— G Company is transferred to Spartenburg (South Carolina).
1872
August 15—DM makes the first entry in his journal from Spartenburg.
August 19—G Company is transferred to Laurensville (South Carolina).
October 30—2nd Lieutenant Wallace joins the company as McIntosh’s second-in-command.
December—McIntosh records in his journal an entry from the “Post of Laurensville”.
1873
January 23—G Company is transferred to Newberry (South Carolina).
March 5—G Troop leaves Newberry and is transferred to Memphis (Tennessee).
March 7—The Columbia Daily Union Newspaper records McIntosh as checking into the ‘Wheeler House’ hotel, enroot to Memphis.
March 16—G Company arrives in Memphis.
April 3-11—G Troop leaves Memphis, and arrives at Yankton, Dakota Territory (D.T.).
May 5—A Donald McIntosh journal entry is made pertaining to purchases in the Yankton area.
May 7-31—Left Yankton, D.T. and arrived at Little Cheyenne, D.T. enroot to Fort Rice, D.T. Distance marched 290 miles.
June 1-10—Company G leaves Little Cheyenne, D.T. and arrive at Fort Rice, D.T.
June 20-29—G Troop leave Fort Rice and arrive at Camp No. 8 Yellowstone Expedition. Distance marched 198 miles.
July 1-31—Camp #8 Yellowstone Expedition is left, encampment on the Yellowstone River near the mouth of Powder River (Camp # 30)
June 30—McIntosh records in his journal of additional items purchased for the company.
August 11—Lieutenant McIntosh and Company G are noted by Gen. Custer as having thwarted an attack by hostile Indians.
September 21—The regiment returns to Fort Abraham Lincoln.
Winter 73-74—Donald McIntosh is at Fort Abe Lincoln with General Custer.
1874
March 16—Rebecca Richmond writes of Donald and Mollie McIntosh spending the evening with them while she was staying with the Custers.
March 23—Rebecca Richmond writes about the General, Libby and her spending time at the McIntosh’s home.
June 15—McIntosh records in his journal items purchased for the company for the upcoming campaign.
June 29—G & M move into camp 2 miles south of Ft. A. Lincoln, D.T.
July 2—The regiment leaves Camp #1 near Ft. A. Lincoln, D.T. July 2, 1874.
July 30—The regiment arrives in camp #26 near Harney’s Peak, D.T.
August 1—The regiment leaves camp #26 near Harney’s Peak
August 30—The regiment arrives at Ft. A. Lincoln, where Donald gives away his sister-in-law to Lieutenant Gibson at their wedding in the McIntoshs’ home.
September 29—G Company is ordered to the south (Shreveport, Liousiana).
1875
Donald McIntosh and Troop G spend the year in Shreveport.
1876
April 19-21—G Company leaves Shreveport and arrive in St. Louis (Missouri).
April 20—McIntosh stops Lieutenant Hodgson from inappropriate behavior and removes him from his command.
April 21-24— G Company leaves St. Louis to enroot to Ottumwa (Iowa).
April 25-26— G Company leaves Ottumwa enroot to Austin (Minnesota).
April 25-26— G Company leaves Austin headed to St. Paul (Minnesota).
?-- G Company leaves St. Paul and arrive in Bismarck (North Dakota).
May 17— The 7th Cavalry departs from Fort Abraham Lincoln to participate in the Sioux Campaign
May 31-June 2---The regiment is encamped 10 ¾ miles from the Little Missouri River.
June 3-7--The march is again resumed towards the Powder River.
June 11—McIntosh and Company G march to the junction of the Powder and Yellowstone Rivers.
June 12—Donald records in his journal the amount of men and horses present in Company G.
June 15-20—G proceeds along the Yellowstone River in order to join up with Reno’s command at the mouth of the Tongue River. The Regiment then marches to the mouth of the Rosebud River.
June 22-25—The regiment leaves camp and march up the Rosebud River for 120 miles. Here they cross the divide between the Rosebud and the Little Big Horn Rivers on the 25th of June.
June 25:
3am—The entire 7th Cavalry rests at Davis Creek until 8:45am.
12:12pm—General Custer divides the regiment for the upcoming battle, putting McIntosh and Company G under Major Marcus Reno’s immediate command along with Companies A and M.
2:15—Reno is given the order to pursue the “fleeing camp.”
2:55—Companies G, A and M ford the Little Bighorn River and reform.
3:05— Attacking the south end of the village Reno begins a charge with Company M on the right and Lieutenant McIntosh's company on the left, placing Company A in the rear.
3:10—Reno places all three companies in line at he approaches the camp, Company G dismounts,
forming a skirmish line due to the camp’s size. Company G is then on the right of the line.
3:20—Mounted warriors threaten to outflank Reno and harm the horses there so McIntosh and Company G are ordered to leave the skirmish line and enter the protection of the woods.
3:30—The remainder of the battalion join McIntosh in the woods, being forced back.
3:55—Reno looses control and haphazardly orders a retreat back across the river, which is not heard by the majority of the members of Company G.
4:00—Company G looses many troopers as they are the last to leave the timber. Lieutenants McIntosh and Hodgson attempt to rally and protect the rear of the column in vain.
McIntosh’s horse is either killed or unable to be found in the confusion, Private McCormick surrenders his own mount to the Lieutenant.
Private O’Neill passes McIntosh, who asks him where Reno is.
Blindly galloping through the woods, McCormick’s horse is seen dragging its lariat and picket pin through the sage brush, thus making it difficult for McIntosh to control his new mount.
McIntosh is finally caught alone, separated (abandoned by) from the others and surrounded by hostiles. He is either quickly murdered as he calmly awaited his fate or else drug to his death when his foot gets caught in his stirrup, depending on which account might be correct.
What’s left of Company G make it across the river and secure a position with the remainder of Reno’s troops.
June 26—McIntosh’s body is scalped, mutilated and stripped beyond recognition.
June 27—Lieutenants Wallace and Hare accompany a number of enlisted men to find McIntosh’s remains.
Lieutanant Gibson identifies McIntosh by the gutta percha sleeve buttons left on his shirt that his wife had given him prior to their departure on the campaign.
1st Lieutenant Donald McIntosh is buried on the battlefield along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory.
1877
July 4-7—McIntosh’s body (what little remains) is exhumed and arrives at Post No. 2, it is then transferred to the steamer ‘Fletcher,’ and brought down to Fort Lincoln.
August—McIntosh’s body is re-interred in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
1909
October 28—The remains of the body are once again exhumed and re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery, in Grave 107-D, Section 1.
Thought I'd share this with you. This is a little something I came up with in order to help myself get a little better grasp on the man and thus improve my living history impression of him.
Please feel free to alert me to any thing that any of you have found to be incorrect as to dates, etc. or if you have any additional information I can add.
Thanks for looking!!!
Donald McIntosh Timeline…
1838 (1839)
September 3 (4)—Donald McIntosh is born to John and Charlotte (Robinson) McIntosh in Jasper House, Alberta, Canada.
1838-1844
Donald’s father works at Connolly’s Lake, Babines Post and McLeod’s Lake. He is killed by a Sickanie Indian while trapping.
1844
Dr. John McLaughlin takes in the 4 year old Donald and his family.
1846
Donald and his family move to Fort Vancouver, and he is educated in the Hudson Bay Company’s school during this time.
1848
June 4—Donald is confirmed in Vancouver at the St. James Church.
1851-1853
Donald leaves his family and is in Oregon City working.
1854
McIntosh is located in Portland, but later moves to Fort Dalles and then Fort Steilacoom.
1856
November 13—McIntosh joins the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department at the Dalles as a clerk.
1857
August 10—Donald’s mother dies.
September 3—Dr. McLaughlin passes away.
1859
November 4—Donald’s brother, John, dies.
1860-1865
McIntosh serves as ‘Chief Clerk’ for the Assistant Quartermaster Genera, Col. Rucker throughout the Civil War in Washington, D.C.
1866
October 13—Donald marries Mary (Mollie) Garrett in Baltimore, Maryland.
1867
August 17—Due to his favorable record in the Quartermaster Dept., McIntosh is appointed 2nd Lieutenant of M Company, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
October 16—Donald joins the regiment at Fort Harker (Kansas).
1868
May 4-June 5—McIntosh is assigned to detached service to serve as escort to a survey party at Plum Creek, Nebraska.
June 25—McIntosh comes down with dysentery and is sick for 10 months at Fort Harker, missing the battle of the Washita that November.
1869
May 7—McIntosh is better and joins Company M at Fort Larned.
Summer—Donald McIntosh spends this time at Fort Hays with Gen. Custer
(Big Creek Camp picture with Mollie featured is taken)
Fall—M Company leaves Fort Hays, via Fort Harker, via Fort Riley to arrive at Fort Leavenworth.
1870
April—M Company leaves Fort Leavenworth, via Fort Riley to Fort Harker.
March 22—2nd Lieutenant Donald McIntosh is appointed 1st Lieutenant, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
March 29—Donald is placed under arrest by Colonel Sturgis, whom disliked the Lieutenant.
June 11—Captain Custer, Lieutenant McIntosh and 33 men of Troop M join Captain Keogh on railroad protection duty.
July 14—McIntosh accepts his 1st Lieutenancy position at Fort Hays, Kansas, and is assigned to Company G, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
August 18—Colonel Sturgis calls for McIntosh’s resignation.
November 11—General Custer testifies as to McIntosh’s character during his hearing before the Board of Review in Washington.
1871
February 11—McIntosh rejoins Company G at Fort Lyon (Colorado Territory) after the charges against him are dismissed.
May 28—G Company is transferred to Columbia (South Carolina).
June 10— G Company is transferred to Fort Sumpter (South Carolina).
August 9— G Company is transferred to Atlanta (Georgia).
October 15— G Company is transferred to Columbia (South Carolina).
November 5— G Company is transferred to Spartenburg (South Carolina).
1872
August 15—DM makes the first entry in his journal from Spartenburg.
August 19—G Company is transferred to Laurensville (South Carolina).
October 30—2nd Lieutenant Wallace joins the company as McIntosh’s second-in-command.
December—McIntosh records in his journal an entry from the “Post of Laurensville”.
1873
January 23—G Company is transferred to Newberry (South Carolina).
March 5—G Troop leaves Newberry and is transferred to Memphis (Tennessee).
March 7—The Columbia Daily Union Newspaper records McIntosh as checking into the ‘Wheeler House’ hotel, enroot to Memphis.
March 16—G Company arrives in Memphis.
April 3-11—G Troop leaves Memphis, and arrives at Yankton, Dakota Territory (D.T.).
May 5—A Donald McIntosh journal entry is made pertaining to purchases in the Yankton area.
May 7-31—Left Yankton, D.T. and arrived at Little Cheyenne, D.T. enroot to Fort Rice, D.T. Distance marched 290 miles.
June 1-10—Company G leaves Little Cheyenne, D.T. and arrive at Fort Rice, D.T.
June 20-29—G Troop leave Fort Rice and arrive at Camp No. 8 Yellowstone Expedition. Distance marched 198 miles.
July 1-31—Camp #8 Yellowstone Expedition is left, encampment on the Yellowstone River near the mouth of Powder River (Camp # 30)
June 30—McIntosh records in his journal of additional items purchased for the company.
August 11—Lieutenant McIntosh and Company G are noted by Gen. Custer as having thwarted an attack by hostile Indians.
September 21—The regiment returns to Fort Abraham Lincoln.
Winter 73-74—Donald McIntosh is at Fort Abe Lincoln with General Custer.
1874
March 16—Rebecca Richmond writes of Donald and Mollie McIntosh spending the evening with them while she was staying with the Custers.
March 23—Rebecca Richmond writes about the General, Libby and her spending time at the McIntosh’s home.
June 15—McIntosh records in his journal items purchased for the company for the upcoming campaign.
June 29—G & M move into camp 2 miles south of Ft. A. Lincoln, D.T.
July 2—The regiment leaves Camp #1 near Ft. A. Lincoln, D.T. July 2, 1874.
July 30—The regiment arrives in camp #26 near Harney’s Peak, D.T.
August 1—The regiment leaves camp #26 near Harney’s Peak
August 30—The regiment arrives at Ft. A. Lincoln, where Donald gives away his sister-in-law to Lieutenant Gibson at their wedding in the McIntoshs’ home.
September 29—G Company is ordered to the south (Shreveport, Liousiana).
1875
Donald McIntosh and Troop G spend the year in Shreveport.
1876
April 19-21—G Company leaves Shreveport and arrive in St. Louis (Missouri).
April 20—McIntosh stops Lieutenant Hodgson from inappropriate behavior and removes him from his command.
April 21-24— G Company leaves St. Louis to enroot to Ottumwa (Iowa).
April 25-26— G Company leaves Ottumwa enroot to Austin (Minnesota).
April 25-26— G Company leaves Austin headed to St. Paul (Minnesota).
?-- G Company leaves St. Paul and arrive in Bismarck (North Dakota).
May 17— The 7th Cavalry departs from Fort Abraham Lincoln to participate in the Sioux Campaign
May 31-June 2---The regiment is encamped 10 ¾ miles from the Little Missouri River.
June 3-7--The march is again resumed towards the Powder River.
June 11—McIntosh and Company G march to the junction of the Powder and Yellowstone Rivers.
June 12—Donald records in his journal the amount of men and horses present in Company G.
June 15-20—G proceeds along the Yellowstone River in order to join up with Reno’s command at the mouth of the Tongue River. The Regiment then marches to the mouth of the Rosebud River.
June 22-25—The regiment leaves camp and march up the Rosebud River for 120 miles. Here they cross the divide between the Rosebud and the Little Big Horn Rivers on the 25th of June.
June 25:
3am—The entire 7th Cavalry rests at Davis Creek until 8:45am.
12:12pm—General Custer divides the regiment for the upcoming battle, putting McIntosh and Company G under Major Marcus Reno’s immediate command along with Companies A and M.
2:15—Reno is given the order to pursue the “fleeing camp.”
2:55—Companies G, A and M ford the Little Bighorn River and reform.
3:05— Attacking the south end of the village Reno begins a charge with Company M on the right and Lieutenant McIntosh's company on the left, placing Company A in the rear.
3:10—Reno places all three companies in line at he approaches the camp, Company G dismounts,
forming a skirmish line due to the camp’s size. Company G is then on the right of the line.
3:20—Mounted warriors threaten to outflank Reno and harm the horses there so McIntosh and Company G are ordered to leave the skirmish line and enter the protection of the woods.
3:30—The remainder of the battalion join McIntosh in the woods, being forced back.
3:55—Reno looses control and haphazardly orders a retreat back across the river, which is not heard by the majority of the members of Company G.
4:00—Company G looses many troopers as they are the last to leave the timber. Lieutenants McIntosh and Hodgson attempt to rally and protect the rear of the column in vain.
McIntosh’s horse is either killed or unable to be found in the confusion, Private McCormick surrenders his own mount to the Lieutenant.
Private O’Neill passes McIntosh, who asks him where Reno is.
Blindly galloping through the woods, McCormick’s horse is seen dragging its lariat and picket pin through the sage brush, thus making it difficult for McIntosh to control his new mount.
McIntosh is finally caught alone, separated (abandoned by) from the others and surrounded by hostiles. He is either quickly murdered as he calmly awaited his fate or else drug to his death when his foot gets caught in his stirrup, depending on which account might be correct.
What’s left of Company G make it across the river and secure a position with the remainder of Reno’s troops.
June 26—McIntosh’s body is scalped, mutilated and stripped beyond recognition.
June 27—Lieutenants Wallace and Hare accompany a number of enlisted men to find McIntosh’s remains.
Lieutanant Gibson identifies McIntosh by the gutta percha sleeve buttons left on his shirt that his wife had given him prior to their departure on the campaign.
1st Lieutenant Donald McIntosh is buried on the battlefield along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory.
1877
July 4-7—McIntosh’s body (what little remains) is exhumed and arrives at Post No. 2, it is then transferred to the steamer ‘Fletcher,’ and brought down to Fort Lincoln.
August—McIntosh’s body is re-interred in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
1909
October 28—The remains of the body are once again exhumed and re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery, in Grave 107-D, Section 1.
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