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includes 21 photographs of Harry Leonhauser, numerous newspaper clippings, Roster of Troops for Dakota, 1 letter and 2 miscellaneous documents. Photographs range from 8 x 10` to 3.25 x 3.25`, most mounted on heavy cardstock. The earliest photos include young Leonhauser at West Point, one with his class (with a line indicating himself) and one at the tender age of 17 with 2 other young men at their first camp. There are studio portraits of Leonhauser taken over many years, one in Missoula, Montana, another in Augusta, GA, and one in New York. There are 9 photographs of the unit in winter quarters in Augusta, GA in 1892. Another photograph is labelled `The Colonel` on the card, and was taken at Camp MacKensie in Augusta in 1898-99. There are also parade images and more. Colonel Leonhauser was a graduate of West Point. He served in the 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and as Captain of the 25th U.S. Infantry during the Spanish American War. In the Philippines, the 25th U.S. Infantry captured the town of O`Donnell, an informant having lead the unit to the rebels there (photograph of the informant included in archive). His attempt to rescue five U.S. prisoners during the rebellion in the Philippines ended in the deaths of all five at Arayat. Archive includes numerous newspaper clippings of Leonhauser in the Philippines including accounts of a mutiny among his unit and his vindication of responsibility for it. Included also is a photo of the ship which carried them to the war, and a very rare troop roster entitled Roster of Troops Serving in the Department of Dakota Commanded by Brigadier General John M. Bacon U.S. Volunteers., Headquarters Dept. of Dakota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, August 1898, 12mo in self wraps, stapled binding, 16pp. The letter, dated July 6, 1899, is from a friend (fellow West Point graduate) and lawyer (A.S. Crossfield) informing him that the newspapers had finally published articles noting Leonhauser`s exoneration on the charges noted above. One of the other documents is a copy of a letter from the War department dated Sept. 7, 1918 taking Leonhauser out of retirement and assigning him to active duty as Students` Army Training Corps commander at the University of Vermont. The last document is a notice from an insurance company confirming that Leonhauser had changed his name legally to Harry A. Lee.

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