page_title: William L. Carpenter
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: William L. Carpenter / Later career
caption_attribution_description: English: 9th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
context_page_description: William Lewis Carpenter was a U.S. Army Officer, naturalist and a geologist who helped document the minerals and resources of the Black Hills of South Dakota which inadvertently led to the Great Sioux War of 1876.
context_section_description: Carpenter was promoted to Captain in 1887.
  In 1892, after 37 years of service in the Civil War and Indian Wars, the 9th Infantry Regiment was transferred to routine garrison duty in Madison Barracks, New York.
  In Feb 1894, Captain Carpenter was at Madison Barracks where he was appointed to serve on an Army court-martial: "A general court-martial is appointed to meet at Madison Barracks, New York, on Feb. 21, 1894. Detail...William L. Carpenter, Ninth Infantry..."  The 9th Infantry's official 1909 history includes several mentions of his service.
caption: 9th Infantry Distinctive Unit Insignia
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