Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
MAJOR GENERAL CROOK.

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General George Crook, whom the
President has named to be major gen
eral, vice General Aired H. Terry re-
tired, was born near Dayton, Ohio,
September s, 1928. He was graduated
at the United States military academy
in 1852, and was on duty with the
Fourth infantry in California in I852-6I.
He participated In the Rouge River
expedition In 1856, and commanded the
Pitt River expedition In 1857, where he
was engaged in several actions, In one
of which he was wounded by an arrow
He had risen to a captaincy when, at
the beginning of the civil war, when he
returned to the east and became colonel
of the Thirty-sixth Ohio infantry. He
afterwards served in the Virginia cam
paigns, in command of the Third pro-
visiOnal brigade, from May to August
10, 1862, and was wounded In the ac-
ton at Lewisburg. He engaged in the
northern Virginia and Maryland cam
paigns in August and September, 1862,
and for his services at Antietam was
breveted heutenat colonel, United
States army. He served in Tennessee
IN 1868, and on July 1 he was trans
ferTed to the command of the Second
cavalry division. After various actions,
ending in the battle of Chica-
manga, he pursued Wheeler's con
federate cavalry from October 1 to
10, defeated it, and drove it across the
Tennessee with great loss. He entered
upon the command of the Kanawha dis
trict IN western Virginia In February,
1864, made constant raids and was in
numerous actions. He took part in
Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign In the
autumn of that year, and received the
brevets of brigadier general and major
general in the United States army
March Is, 1865. General Crook had
command of the cavalry of the army of
the Potomac from March % to April 8,
during which time he was engaged at
Dinwiddie's Court House, Jettersville,
Sailors Greek, and Farmville, till the
surrender at AppOmattOx. He was
afterward transferred to the command
of Wilmington, n. c., where he re-
manned from Sept. 1, 1865, to Jan. 1,
1866, when he was mustered out of the
volunteer service. After a six weeks
leave Of absence, he was assigned to
duty on the board appointed to exam
inc rife tactics, was commissioned lieu
| tenant colonel Of the Twenty third in
fantry, U. S. A, July %, 1866 and as
signed to the district of Boise, Idaho,
where he remained until 1872, actively
engaged against the Indians. In 1872
Gen. Crook was assigned to the Arizona
district, to quell Indian disturbances.
! He enforced submission. In 1875 he was
ordered to quell the disturbance in the
Sioux and Cheyenne nations in the
northwest, and defeated those Indians
in the battle of Powder River, WyOm-
/ ing. In March another battle resulted
| in the destruction of 125 lodges, and in
/ June the battle of Tongue river was a
victory for Crook. A few days later
the battle of the Rosebud gave him an
other, when the maddened savages
massed their forces and succeeded in
! crushing Custer. Crook, on receiving
reinfOrcemenbs, struck a severe blow at
! Slim Buttes, Dakota, and followed it
/ up with such relentless vigOr that by
! May, 1877, all the hostile tribes in the
northwest had yielded. In 1882 he re-
! turned to Arizona forced the MOrmOns,
! squatters, miners and stock raisers to
vacate the Indian lands which they had
seized, encouraged the Apaches in
! planting, and in the spring of 1888 the
! Chiricahuas intrenched themselves in
| the fastness of the mountains on the
northern Mexican boundary, and began
a series Of raids. General Crook struck
! the trail, and took it backward, took
! possession of their strOnghOlds, and
as the warriors returned from their
/ excursions made them prisoners.