| Start Date |
End Date |
Event |
Place |
Note |
Source |
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Sep 1856 |
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Captain Chandler invades Gila
with 100 troops, attacks friendly Apache settlement |
Fort Craig |
Williams' rescue expedition? |
Military History |
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1857 |
1857 |
Cozzens visits Tucson |
Tucson |
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Cozzens |
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1857 |
1858 |
Bonneville expedition against
Apaches and Navajos |
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Military History |
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1857 |
1858 |
Utah War |
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Soon after taking office,
President Buchanan removed Brigham Young as governor of Utah Territory
and sent a 2,500-man military force to accompany the new governor,
Alfred Cumming, thus precipitating the so-called Utah War. The troops
wintered at Camp Scott, Wyoming. When they finally marched through
Salt Lake City on June 26, 1858, they found it abandoned by the
Mormons. The army proceeded to a site 40 miles southwest of the
capital where they built Camp Floyd. Cumming assumed office
unchallenged and made peace with the Mormons. |
Utah State History timeline |
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Jul 1857 |
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Gila country declared 'terra
incognita' by Maj. George Crittendon |
Southwest NM |
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Military Records |
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22 Jul 1857 |
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Sgt. McQuade finds several
Mexicans killed and scalped south of Fort Craig |
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Military Records |
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07 Sep 1857 |
07 Sep 1857 |
Mountain Meadows Massacre |
Mountain Meadows, Utah |
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15 Sep 1857 |
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Martial Law Declared in Utah |
Utah |
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LDS timeline history |
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Dec 1857 |
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Jacob Snively in San Francisco |
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1858 |
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Adams Party meets guide in Yuma |
Yuma |
A party of
Californians arrived at Yuma , at the mouth of the Gila River where it
enters the big Colorado. They had heard of great placer mines to be
found in the sands of Arizona, and were in search of thereof. The
party consisted of twenty-two men and a full complement of saddle and
pack horses . While making inquiries of the Yuma Indians as to their
best and most feasible route up the Gila River, which runs nearly due
east and west through Arizona, they found it necessary to have an
interpreter, the Spanish language being unfamiliar to most of the
Californians. A young man with the Yuma tribe , who could speak
Spanish, was brought into service to act in that capacity, and the
desired information was procured. Just before the departure of the
gold-seekers they were visited by the young interpreter, who requested
to see the leader of the band. His request was granted, when he said:
"Señors: I am Mexican . I was born on the banks of the Rio Grande, in
Texas. The Apaches killed my parents and made me a captive . I
remained with them for several years. I was then traded to the
Maricopa , who in turn traded me to the Yuma. I am a slave and a
drudge. I wish you would buy me. If you will, I will show you where
there is more gold than your horses can pack." He was closely
questioned but he adhered strongly to his story and described with
great particularity the place where the precious metal was to be found
in such great quantity. His statement was so earnestly made and he
seemed to be so honest in it, that it made a strong impression upon
the party, and negotiations were entered into with the Indians to
secure his release. After much palaver and dickering the Indians
agreed to take a few ponies for their captive, and the exchange was
made. |
Williams |
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1858 |
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Jacob Snively / Jack Swilling,
Butterfield route |
Arizona |
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1858 |
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Snively discovers gold at Gila
Bend and Vulture Gulch |
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Local histories |
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1858 |
1859 |
Dixon S. Miles' Navajo campaign |
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Military Records |
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26 Jun 1858 |
1861 |
US Army Enters Salt Lake Valley |
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After having been stopped for the
winter by the delaying tactics of the Mormons, Gen. Johnston's army
finally entered the Salt Lake Valley, but peacefully. The army's
permanent encampment, until 1861 was at Camp Floyd in Cedar Valley un
Utah County. Meanwhile, most of the saints north of Utah County had
moved south, but the returned to their homes when peace seemed
assured. |
LDS timeline |
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Feb 1860 |
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3 Attacks against Navajo from
Fort Craig |
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Mar 1860 |
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Navajo general attack on Rio
Grande communities |
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Military Records |
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Aug 1860 |
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Snively, Hicks, Birch, Swilling,
Mastin and five others leave Tucson going east |
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Local Histories |
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1861 |
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Majority of army officers in New
Mexico and Arizona resign to join the Confederacy |
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Military History |
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1861 |
1864 |
Adams joined the California
volunteers |
California |
|
Williams |
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18 May 1861 |
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Hicks, Snively and Birch discover
gold at Piños Altos |
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Local histories |
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Jun 1861 |
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Baylor invades El Paso |
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Military History |
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Jun 1861 |
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Lt. W.C. Adams joins Confederacy
as Capt |
Uvalde, Texas |
|
Military Records, Texas
Historical Library |
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Jul 1861 |
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Fort Craig fortifications improve |
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Fort Craig History |
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08 Aug 1861 |
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Order to prepare Fort Craig for
'permanent defense' |
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21 Aug 1861 |
14 Aug 1864 |
Solomon Davidson joins California
Column |
San Francisco, CA |
|
Orton |
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Sep 1861 |
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L. H. Tenney joins Arizona Scouts
(Confederacy) at Mesilla HQ |
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Military Records |
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Sep 1861 |
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Snively, Swilling, Mastin, Hicks
join Confederate Arizona Scouts |
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Military and local histories |
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21 Sep 1861 |
14 Aug 1864 |
Charles H. Adams joins California
Column |
Marysville , California |
Company D, 1st Cavalry Regiment |
Gen. Richard Orton |
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21 Sep 1861 |
14 Aug 1864 |
John S. Brewer joins California
Column |
Marysville, CA |
|
Orton |
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28 Sep 1861 |
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Confederate Baylor orders Capt
W.C. Adams' company to Fort Davis |
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Military Records Texas Historical
Library |
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Oct 1861 |
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W.C. Adams' record closed |
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Texas Historical Library |
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1862 |
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Brewer in company with four other
men, left California expecting to work his way back east riding first
one freight wagon then another |
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While resting up in Tucson,
Arizona, Brewer and his companions chanced to meet with a half-breed
Pima-Mexican who would come to their corral occasionally to chat with
the Americans. Brewer borrowed the guide's horse and immediately went
the rounds of the ranches nearby in search of horses for the trip but
met with little success. When he was returning he met another man
going the same direction with whom he fell into conversation and told
of his difficulty in finding horses. The stranger told Brewer that he
had some horses and would be more than glad to rent them on reasonable
terms. That evening Brewer introduced the stranger, whose name was
Adams, to his companions. Adams too had come from California only
recently, he said |
Tenney, El Paso Herald |
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Mar 1862 |
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Confederate invasion stopped at
Glorieta Pass |
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Military History |
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Apr 1862 |
Jul 1862 |
Fort Barrett |
Pima Villages |
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12 Apr 1862 |
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Swilling captured by Union Troops |
Pima Villages |
|
Military History |
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04 May 1862 |
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90 Confederates occupy Tucson
under Hunter |
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Military Records |
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05 May 1862 |
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Confederate forces under Hunter
retreat from Tucson |
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Military Records |
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Jul 1862 |
Oct 1894 |
Fort Bowie |
Arizona |
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Aug 1862 |
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Carlton takes military command of
Department of NM and AZ |
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Military History |
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Aug 1862 |
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Hunter Confederate unit from
Tucson arrives Mesilla |
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Hunter and 11 others join
Steele's rearguard |
Military Records |
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12 Aug 1862 |
03 Apr 1864 |
D. B. Sturgeon enters Army |
Pennsylvania |
|
Military Personnel Records, US
Archives |
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19 Aug 1862 |
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A letter from Baylor to General
Herbert |
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asked for any intelligence on the
location of Hunter's Volunteers. |
Texas Historical Library |
|
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11 Sep 1862 |
11 Sep 1862 |
Sturgeon appointed surgeon, U.S.
Army |
PA |
|
US Archives |
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16 Sep 1862 |
16 Sep 1862 |
Sturgeon: Ordered to New Mexico,
evidently arrives before end of 1862 . No records. |
New Mexico |
|
US Archives |
|
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Oct 1862 |
Oct 1863 |
Walker Party with
Conner enters
New Mexico from Colorado |
Santa Fe, NM |
|
Daniel Ellis
Conner |
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08 Dec 1862 |
|
Snively chairs organizational
meeting Castle Dome Mining District |
La Paz, AZ |
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1863 |
|
Pueblo Springs / Pueblo Arieto
silver discovery |
Magdalena, NM |
|
Darlis A. Miller, The California
Column in New Mexico |
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Jan 1863 |
Jan 1863 |
Shirland west to Piños Altos |
Piños Altos |
|
Military Records |
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19 Jan 1863 |
19 Jan 1863 |
Captain E.D. Shirland leads
advance patrol to Fort West location, |
Fort West |
Horses stolen, meets group of
miners under Joseph Reddeford Walker. |
Military Correspondence and
Conner |
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19 Jan 1863 |
19 Jan 1863 |
Sturgeon, Fort Craig, Assigned |
Fort Craig, NM |
|
US Archives |
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24 Jan 1863 |
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Fort West Established |
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Feb 1863 |
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Brewer at Fort Craig |
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Feb 1863 |
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Snively in Pinos Altos |
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Feb 1863 |
Feb 1863 |
Sturgeon , Transit to Fort West. |
Fort West |
Captain McCleave and 4 companies
march toward site of Fort West |
Military Correspondence and
Conner |
|
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Feb 1863 |
Feb 1863 |
Sturgeon takes head of Mangus,
removes the brain |
Fort McClane |
|
Conner |
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Feb 1863 |
Feb 1863 |
Swilling captures Mangus
Colorado, turns him over to Shirland. Mangus killed, |
Piños Altos |
|
Conner and US Archives |
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13 Feb 1863 |
13 Feb 1863 |
Sturgeon arrived Fort West |
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Military Records |
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Mar 1863 |
Mar 1863 |
Walker Party at
Piños Altos |
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|
Conner |
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Apr 1863 |
Apr 1863 |
Walker Party arrives Tucson |
Tucson |
|
Daniel Ellis
Conner |
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05 May 1863 |
05 May 1863 |
Sturgeon reported to have found
silver deposit |
New Mexico |
Anderson in letter to his
commander |
Military Correspondence, US
Archives |
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Jun 1863 |
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John Brewer Fort Craig |
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|
Orton |
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Jun 1863 |
Jun 1863 |
Sturgeon: Requested transfer to
States |
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Military Records |
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10 Jun 1863 |
10 Jun 1863 |
Sturgeon: On Duty, Fort West ,
duty in Hospital |
Fort West |
|
Military Records |
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12 Jun 1863 |
12 Jun 1863 |
Sturgeon repeats request for
transfer |
Fort West |
|
Military Correspondence |
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14 Jun 1863 |
14 Jun 1863 |
Sturgeon Applies for relief from
duty because of illness in family. |
Fort West |
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Military Records |
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30 Jun 1863 |
30 Jun 1863 |
Sturgeon Hot Springs - expedition
against Apaches |
Hot Springs |
|
Military Records |
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Jul 1863 |
Jul 1863 |
Sturgeon Expedition against
Mimbres Apaches |
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Military Records |
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Jul 1863 |
15 Nov 1863 |
Sturgeon Will be at Fort Cummings
and Rio Mimbres through 11/63 |
Fort Cummings |
|
Military Records |
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30 Jul 1863 |
15 Aug 1863 |
Sturgeon On duty in field,
Notifies will return 8/63 to Fort West |
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Military Records |
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Aug 1863 |
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Kit Carson invades Navajo country |
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Military History |
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31 Aug 1863 |
31 Aug 1863 |
Sturgeon Camp on Mimbres , Part
of the force against the Mimbres Apaches |
Camp on Mimbres |
|
Military Correspondence |
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Sep 1863 |
Sep 1863 |
Sturgeon Fort Cummings hospital
duty |
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Military Records |
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Sep 1863 |
Sep 1863 |
Sturgeon On duty, Camp on Mimbres |
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Military Records |
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Sep 1863 |
Sep 1863 |
Sturgeon On duty, Fort Cummings |
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Military Records |
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22 Sep 1863 |
22 Sep 1863 |
Sturgeon Surgeon of California
Cavalry Volunteers |
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Military Records |
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31 Oct 1863 |
31 Oct 1863 |
Sturgeon On duty, Fort Cummings |
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Military Records |
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31 Oct 1863 |
31 Oct 1863 |
Sturgeon, On duty, Camp on
Mimbres |
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Military Records |
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16 Nov 1863 |
16 Nov 1863 |
Sturgeon Fort West to Fort Craig
, Reassigned |
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Military Records |
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30 Nov 1863 |
30 Nov 1863 |
Sturgeon Hospital duty, Fort West |
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Military Records |
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28 Dec 1863 |
28 Mar 1864 |
Sturgeon Fort Craig through
3/28/64 |
Fort Craig |
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Military Records |
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1864 |
1864 |
Adams freighting near Pima
Villages, autumn |
Sacaton, AZ |
|
W.H. Byerts Pamphlet |
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1864 |
1864 |
Pueblo Arieto appears on Military
Map of AZ and NM |
New Mexico |
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1864 Military Map - Department of
New Mexico and Arizona |
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1864 |
1866 |
Snively listed as resident of
Arizona |
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US Census Records |
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02 Feb 1864 |
02 Feb 1864 |
Sturgeon, Hospital Duty, Fort
Craig |
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Military Records |
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29 Feb 1864 |
Mar 1864 |
Sturgeon, Fort Craig , on duty |
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Mar 1864 |
Mar 1864 |
Sturgeon leaves Santa Fe for the
eastern US |
Santa Fe, NM |
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Military records |
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14 Mar 1864 |
15 Mar 1864 |
Sturgeon, Santa Fe, awaiting
leave orders |
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Military Records |
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28 Mar 1864 |
28 Mar 1864 |
Sturgeon Unassigned, Santa Fe |
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Military Records |
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Apr 1864 |
Apr 1864 |
Sturgeon Leave of absence,
Pennsylvania |
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Military Records |
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18 Jul 1864 |
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Snively Territorial Election
Judge |
La Paz, AZ |
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Aug 1864 |
Aug 1864 |
Adams near Tucson freighting
alone. |
Tucson, AZ |
|
Charles Allen Account |
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14 Aug 1864 |
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John Brewer, Solomon Davidson,
Charles Adams discharged from California Column |
John Brewer discharged Fort
Union, New Mexico, Charles Adams discharged Piños Altos, New Mexico,
Solomon Davidson discharged at Las Cruces |
|
Orton |
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1865 |
1865 |
Adams was hauling supplies for
troops stationed along the old Butterfield Trail |
Arizona |
|
Ben Kemp |
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1865 |
1866 |
(Adams) camped at the Pima
village s and there made up a party to go prospecting |
Arizona |
|
Patterson |
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28 Feb 1865 |
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Robert S Johnson resigns
California Column to lead 250 men to settle in Mexico |
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Darlis Miller |
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Dec 1866 |
|
Snively Expedition on upper
Colorado River |
Dalrymple, Texas |
|
Texas History |
|
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1867 |
1867 |
German bought cattle, took up a
ranch near Prescott , Arizona, and was there killed by Apaches |
Prescott |
|
Charles Allen Account |
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Jan 1867 |
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Snively Camp Colorado, Texas |
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1869 |
|
Snively in Wichita Mountains,
Texas |
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Aug 1870 |
|
Snively prospector and surveyor |
Wickenburg, AZ |
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18 Mar 1871 |
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Snively killed by Apaches |
Vulture Gulch, AZ |
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Local Newspaper accounts |
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1875 |
1875 |
Fetchet stationed at Yuma ,
Arizona. |
Yuma, AZ |
The major told the writer he then
heard talk about the "Dutchman 's Diggings," named after a German, who
in the fall of 1864 had ridden into Yuma with one pack animal. Fetchet
said the German sold Hinton , a local storekeeper, sixty-three pounds
, three ounces of placer gold, |
Charles Allen Pamphlet |
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1876 |
|
(Adams return) party of four men
came along and inquired for a certain locality |
Patterson Ranch |
|
R.C. Patterson |
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1876 |
|
Adams himself came to my place |
Patterson Ranch |
|
Patterson |
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1878 |
|
Fort Craig first closed |
Fort Craig, NM |
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Military Records |
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1878 |
1878 |
James Chase hears Nana Story |
Warm Springs Apache Agency, Ojo
Caliente |
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Charles Allen Pamphlet |
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1878 |
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Swilling exhumes Snively's
remains for reinterrment Gillette, AZ |
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1880 |
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Fort Craig reoccupied |
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Military Records |
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Jan 1881 |
Jan 1881 |
Sturgeon contacts Dowling for
guide services for return party |
Socorro, NM |
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Dowling, El Paso Herald |
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1883 |
|
Williams invited to join Adams
and Shaw to Mogollon Mountains |
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Williams Account |
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1884 |
1884 |
Mrs. Kemp met Adams when he
stopped by her father's ranch on Cox Canyon |
Cox Canyon, NM |
|
Ben Kemp |
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30 Jun 1885 |
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Fort Craig deactivate |
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Fort Craig History |
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1887 |
|
John Brewer appears at Tenney
Farm at Walnut Grove |
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Tenney |
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1888 |
1912 |
Mormon settlement of Sonora and
Chihuahua, Mexico |
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U.S. Mexican Agrarian Act of 1888 |
Nino Cochise and public records |
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1892 |
1892 |
Adams stayed at the Jones home in
Reserve |
Reserve, NM |
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Ben Kemp |
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1893 |
|
Brewer, Tenney, Chase, Green,
James Gray ranching in Mexico |
|
Nadina, Buck Green, Ammon
Tenney,
Jim Grey, John Brewer, Nephi Parks, Jess Fisher, Al Bower, Benito
Escalante, and Dee-O-Det |
Nino Cochise |
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1897 |
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R.C. Patterson Account |
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Socorro Chieftain |
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Jan 1899 |
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Williams Account |
Soccoro, NM |
|
Socorro Chieftain |
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23 Dec 1902 |
12 Mar 1987 |
William C. Brewer born in Mexico |
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Birth Records |
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1912 |
|
Brewer and Tenney leave Mexico |
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Interview with relative, 1994 |
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1919 |
1919 |
Byerts Pamphlet |
Socorro, NM |
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W.H. Byerts |
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1927 |
1927 |
Dowling relates tale of Sturgeon
(Spurgeon) connecting him to the legend |
El Paso, Texas |
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El Paso Herald |
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1928 |
1928 |
Brewer story given to El Paso
Herald by A.J. Tenney |
El Paso, Texas |
|
Tenney |
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27 Jan 1928 |
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Brewer Story appears n El Paso
Herald |
El Paso Texas |
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El Paso Herald |
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1935 |
1935 |
Charles Allen Pamphlet |
New Mexico |
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