Apache Campaigns - Fort Huachuca - U.S. Army

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complacency that beset isolated outposts with makeshift facilities. By the end of 1878, he had submitted estimates for a school, library and chapel. Born of English parents in Toronto, Canada, on January 9, 1839, Whitside enlisted in New York City in the General Mounted Service Service, U.S. Army, and was assigned to Company K, 6th Cavalry. His enlistment papers describe him as 5' 7 1/2" tall with blue eyes and light hair. Before he was 21, he was promoted to Sergeant Major of the regiment. With the expansion of the Army for the Civil War, Whitside accepted a commission to Second Lieutenant in Company K, 6th Cavalry, on November 4, 1861. During the first year of the war, he served with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac. In September 1862 he was assigned as aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks who was in charge of the defense of Washington, the first of a succession of staff jobs that included serving as aide to Generals McClellan, Martindale and Pleasanton. After the war his service was recognized by brevet ranks of Captain and Major of volunteers awarded on March 13, 1865. The permanent rank of Captain was granted on October 20, 1866, and he was given command of Troop B, 6th Cavalry, a post he would hold for the next nine years. He arrived in Arizona Territory in 1876 when his company reported to Fort Lowell. While at Huachuca, Whitside and some fellow officers invested in mining ventures, including the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee. He helped organize a water company that would pipe fresh water from Carr and Miller Canyons in the Huachuca Mountains, across the San Pedro River valley, to the community of Tombstone. A Tombstone newspaper reported in December 1880 that Whitside had “effected the organization of a company in the East for the purpose of bringing water into this [Tombstone] district from the Huachuca Mountains, the purpose of which company is to supply all the hoisting works of the district and also a sufficiency for running any steam mills that may be erected here. A large capital has been subscribed and 36 miles of 15-inch pipe has already been ordered.” 16 On March 25, 1881, Captain Whitside began a leave of absence, after which he would begin recruiting duty in Washington, D.C., Rochester, New York, and Chicago, Illinois. In December 1883 Whitside and his family returned to Arizona to be stationed for less than a year at Fort Apache. With a promotion to Major in March 1885, came reassignment from his regiment of 26 years and a new billet as a squadron commander in the 7th Cavalry stationed at Fort Meade in Dakota Territory. From there he went to Fort Riley, Kansas, until November 1890. In the winter of 1890 he would find himself back in the thick of the action, riding at the head of his squadron in the last battle of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee. It was Whitside’s squadron composed of four troops of the 7th Cavalry with two Hotchkiss guns that found and surrounded Big Foot’s Band. The Indians were taken to Whitside’s camp on Wounded Knee, and the major requested reinforcements. These arrived on the morning of December 29 in the form of the remainder of the 7th Cavalry regiment under Colonel G. A. Forsyth who took command. When the soldiers attempted to disarm the Cheyennes, general fighting broke out in what would be remembered as the battle of Wounded Knee. One officer, six NCOs, and 18 privates were killed; 36 Americans wounded; and over 100 Indians killed. In July 1895, Whitside was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, first with the 3d Cavalry and then with the 5th. In 1898, with the onset of the Spanish-American War, he was promoted to Colonel and put in command of the 10th Cavalry on October 16, 1898. He commanded the 24 HUACHUCA ILLUSTRATED
Department of Santiago and Puerto Principe, Cuba, for the first six months of 1900 and the Department of Eastern Cuba to November 15, 1900. He was appointed Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers on January 3, 1901, and commanded the District of Santiago, Cuba, until May 21, 1902. He received a regular army promotion to Brigadier General in 1902 and, at his own request, was placed on the retirement list on June 9, 1902, after 40 years of service. He died two years later of “acute indigestion,” on December 15, 1904, in Washington, D.C. Samuel Whitside sitting at desk outside 6th Cavalry headquarters in 1862. Major Whitside and fellow officers when he commanded troops of the 7th Cavalry in South Dakota. Photo courtesy Whitside Collection, Fort Huachuca Museum. A MAGAZINE OF THE FORT HUACHUCA MUSEUM 25
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Page 4 and 5: Voices oices oices fr from fr om th
Page 6 and 7: trouble spot. He left Arizona a her
Page 8 and 9: 8 Indians with agent John Clum. Joh
Page 10 and 11: Orlando Bolivar Willcox was in the
Page 12 and 13: 12 Southern Arizona in the Late 70s
Page 14 and 15: 14 Timeline In 1875 the stagecoach
Page 16 and 17: he did not have in mind Hiram Winch
Page 18 and 19: William A. Rafferty was a solid Ind
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Page 22 and 23: Map: Vicinity of Camp Huachuca, Ari
Page 26 and 27: 26 Colonel Whitside (seated on the
Page 28 and 29: 28 A true copy of a letter recommen
Page 30 and 31: 30 Col. Samuel Marmaduke Whitside.
Page 32 and 33: 32 Roll Call: The First Wife at Hua
Page 34 and 35: Carlos in 1928 when that place was
Page 36 and 37: 36 other articles, and chase them u
Page 38 and 39: 38 land sufficient for farming and
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Page 42 and 43: 42 Fort Huachuca in 1879. Photo cou
Page 44 and 45: “Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Roll Cal
Page 46 and 47: olt. They may have been further mot
Page 48 and 49: would not be the last time that Cap
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Page 52 and 53: Lieutenant Gatewood with his Apache
Page 54 and 55: Maj. Morrow reported the incident o
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Page 60 and 61: Assistant Acting Surgeon Dorsey McP
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cover the withdrawal of Lieut. Valo
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weather and make our report by mail
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78 Apache Campaigns: Cibecu The unb
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Arresting the Apache spiritual lead
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82 cover us, the Sergeant of the Gu
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ground between officers’ quarters
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86 Apache Indian Scouts, with two p
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88 Toggy-Snoggy at upper right. Cib
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George A. Forsyth wrote two books a
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General Willcox, operating out of F
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Sixth Cavalry. Their course brought
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96 side of the defile to see if the
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98 the dead scouts, which had follo
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strong position, which we again fla
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Wirt Davis began his career as an e
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104 managed to slip away and head n
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faucets, and they were held back un
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108 rear probably all in. From the
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110 and in my judgement the circums
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efore, the 28th. Forsyth said Tuppe
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handling of the pursuit. Col. Forsy
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116 behind. This was the worst thin
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118 captured. 92 Wilbur Elliott Wil
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120 5 p.m. when we stopped for supp
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“Camp Huachuca, A.T., As proposed
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124 Apache Campaigns: Big Dry Wash
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126 whatever; except for the trees,
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128 indicated by scattered blankets
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get food and replenish our ammuniti
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132 He was killed on 11 January 188
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134 Tzoe, or “Peaches,” Apache
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136 Mangas, son of Mangas Colorado
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eport for 1884 that “for the firs
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140 Timeline In 1882 Lt. James B. L
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paigns. The American Army had used
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144 Free, Mickey, in Washington, D.
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146 Indian trading stores at San Ca
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148 Department of Arizona General O
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In December 1881 the troop strength
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period and were intended to serve a
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stables of Texas and Arizona are or
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Guard House. Bldg. 22328 (Sam Kee H
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General view of Fort Huachuca Terri
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160 What appears to be the guard mo
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162 1880.15.00.123 Reservoir, Fort
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164 Barracks (Bldg. No. 15). U.S. A
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1884.00.00.012 Photo of officers’
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168 A view of Fort Huachuca in abou
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170 “Police Party,” along Grier
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Dougherty wagon in front of officer
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dispensary, surgeon’s office, two
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176 “Ground Plan, Front Elevation
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178 Troopers’ hangout near Fort H
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180 HUACHUCA ILLUSTRATED
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In 1886 he was the aide to Gen. Joh
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62 Cruse, Thomas, Apache Days and A
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112 113 Sherman, William T., Annual
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