4to (8 1/2 x 11 in.) 82 albumen and tintype photographs, including 60 CDVs, 2 sixth plate tintypes, and 20 larger images including cabinet cards, all housed in 7 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. album pages (toning and occasional spotting to images, spotting and toning to album pages). Diced calf gilt (lacking spine, fully separated, with significant scuffing throughout). "O.M. Smith / U.S.A." embossed on front cover.

Photographers include D.R. Clark, Indianapolis, IN; S.C. Judd, Lewisburg, TN; Krueger & Co., New York, NY; Mathew Brady, New York, NY; H.W. Tibbals, Painesville, OH; B.F. Marsh, Painesville, OH; C.B. Ingraham, Indianapolis, IN; Washburn, New Orleans, LA; C.M. Elton, Palmyra, NY; Will B. Potts, Indianapolis, IN; Williams & Thomson, Kansas City, MO; S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota Territory; Bogardus, New York, NY; Mueller Brothers, Baltimore, MD; and others.

Featured subjects include Oskaloosa M. Smith (1845-1910), Brigadier General Robert Sanford Foster (1834-1903) and Major J.C. Santling of the 2nd Artillery, 

Oskaloosa Minnewando Smith enlisted on 1 December 1861 as a musician, mustering into Company I, 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment the same day. He re-enlisted two years later on 13 December 1863, and was ultimately promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in April 1865 before mustering out that August at Winchester, VA. After the war, Smith rejoined the Army, serving for 33 more years, notably being brevetted a captain for gallantry in action with the 22nd Infantry Regiment against Indians at Spring Creek, MT in October of 1876. He writes of the encounter in a letter dated 26 October, in which he recounts, in small part, "During this fight several men were struck with spent bullets, and only three men were wounded—Sergeant [Robert] Anderson and Private [John] Donohoe, Co. G, 22nd Inf., and Private [Francis] Wraggle [Marriaggi],Co. G, 17th Inf. The Indians were poor marksmen. Our men were under fire for a long time and it is wonderful that no more men were hurt. All of our troops showed great fortitude and bravery and many of the men were recruits." He ultimately achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel before finally retiring in February of 1900.

See GREENE, Jerome A. Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.