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3 days ago · Army officer Lt. George Bascom invited Cochise to the Army's encampment in the belief that the warrior was responsible for the incident. Cochise maintained his innocence and offered to look into the matter with other Apache groups, but the officer tried to arrest him.
2 days ago · Both Crook and Terry remained immobile for seven weeks after the battle, awaiting reinforcements and unwilling to venture out against the Sioux and Cheyenne until they had at least 2,000 men. Crook and Terry finally took the field against the Native forces in August.
Jun 30, 2024 · He was promoted to Major, 3rd US Infantry on 18 July 1866 and Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd US Infantry 10 days later. He served in Idaho, the Department of the Columbia in the Northwest, at San Francisco, and in Arizona.
2 days ago · George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. [2] Custer graduated from West Point and, though characterized as inept for having been last in his graduating class, actually finished 34th out of a starting class of 108 ...
Jul 15, 2024 · An AR-15 assault-style rifle was recovered next to Crook’s body on a rooftop adjacent to the rally site, according to the FBI.
Jul 8, 2024 · In June 1871 command of the Department of Arizona was assumed by Gen. George Crook, who succeeded in winning the allegiance of a number of Apaches as scouts and bringing many others onto reservations.
Jul 8, 2024 · James Cook, British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and the Pacific Ocean. Cook set new standards in navigation, cartography, the care of crew at sea, and in the application of science at sea. Read more about Cook here.
