papers, papers
Accession Number
NAM.1968-07-293-1
Description
15 in-letters and copies of out-letters, May 1854-February 1855. Consisting of correspondence between FM Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Commander in Chief, and Col William Fergusson Beatson (1804-1872), Lieutenant General in the Turkish Army, regarding his corps of Bashi Bazouks. Includes the Penal Code of the Sultan regarding irregulars, and a decree of the French Emperor regarding the raising of the irregular cavalry. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).
Campaigns
Crimean War (1854-1856)
