"Thirty years after [his work in the Pacific Northwest], Bonneville had become a Colonel and was in command of Benton Barracks, Missouri… His widow, Mrs. C.A.N. Currier, eighty-three years of age, now living in Cleveland, Ohio, has some interesting Civil War documents pertaining to Colonel Bonneville... While the events occurred years after the 'fight for Oregon' had been won, the documents are here published to help round out the remarkable record of General B.L.E. Bonneville."
