Apache Campaigns - Fort Huachuca - U.S. Army

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Maj. Morrow’s force twice made contact with the fleeing Apaches, once on 5 June when four troops of the 9th Cavalry hit the Indians at Cook’s Canyon, killing ten and wounding three. The son of Victorio was said to be one of those killed. But they escaped across the border, estimated to be 160-strong. Now the theater of battle would shift from New Mexico to West Texas, the area along the Rio Grande guarded by Forts Quitman, Davis and Stockton, and manned by eight troops of Grierson’s Tenth Cavalry and four companies of the black Twenty-fourth Infantry. Grierson had convinced his chain of command that, rather than send his men to New Mexico to reinforce Hatch there, it would be wiser to keep them in Texas, not only to protect the border, but to interdict Victorio as he attempted to cross into Texas and regain the Mescalero reservation. This he did by spreading his troops along the border at water holes frequented by the Apaches. Grierson had foreseen the Apache intentions. When the pressure by 500 Mexican troops became too much, they did cross the border into Texas in late July 1880, only to find themselves the quarry on the American side. It was at one of the crucial waterholes that the ablest Apache war leader would meet one of the U.S. Army’s best commanders. Grierson had staked out a spring at Tenaja de los Palmos in Quitman Canyon with a small detachment numbering two officers and twenty-one men. Also along was his 20-year-old son Robert. When he became aware of the approach of Victorio and his 150 warriors on 30 July, he sent a messenger to Quitman and Eagle Springs for reinforcements. Meanwhile, a charge led by Lieut. Leighton Finley, a romantic Virginian who called himself “The Stroller,” knocked the Indians off balance long enough for reinforcements to gain the field. Victorio, seeing his numerical advantage, attacked Grierson’s position and would have overrun it in time, but the reinforcements came upon the field dramatically and drove off the Apaches. 68 HUACHUCA ILLUSTRATED
General Benjamin H. Grierson in 1863. Photo courtesy the Grierson Collection. Benjamin Henry Grierson, the renowned Civil War cavalryman who hated horses, became a major general of volunteers during that war. He took command of the 10 th Cavalry, the Buffalo Soldiers, in July 1866, leading that famous regiment through the Indian Wars. He commanded the Department of Arizona in 1888. He was promoted to brigadier general in April 1890 and retired a few months later. He died in 1911 in Omena, Michigan. In his official report Grierson tersely described the event which very nearly cost him his life: ...[I] sent orders to Capt. [Charles D.] Viele at Eagle Springs, and Captain [Nicholas] Nolan at Quitman to proceed immediately to that place. At four A.M. a detachment of thirteen men under [Second] Lt. [Leighton] Finley reported to me, previously to which I had but seven men, including three teamsters. At about nine A.M. the Indians were observed approaching A MAGAZINE OF THE FORT HUACHUCA MUSEUM 69
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trouble spot. He left Arizona a her
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8 Indians with agent John Clum. Joh
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Orlando Bolivar Willcox was in the
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12 Southern Arizona in the Late 70s
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14 Timeline In 1875 the stagecoach
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he did not have in mind Hiram Winch
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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
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Page 42 and 43: 42 Fort Huachuca in 1879. Photo cou
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Page 48 and 49: would not be the last time that Cap
Page 50 and 51: Pedro Valley east of Fort Huachuca.
Page 52 and 53: Lieutenant Gatewood with his Apache
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Page 58 and 59: 58 Edward Hatch. Photo courtesy U.S
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Page 70 and 71: apidly in force. They were vigorous
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Page 90 and 91: George A. Forsyth wrote two books a
Page 92 and 93: General Willcox, operating out of F
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Page 102 and 103: Wirt Davis began his career as an e
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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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