serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank image article_title name
1877 -- 1896 23px united states army fort monroe , virginia 20 may 1896 woodstock , virginia united states united states of america 6th cavalry place of burial * victorio 's war 5 april 1853 arlington national cemetery scipio nose captain africanus `` nanton bse-che '' translated as big first lieutenant charles bare gatewood.jpg charles b. gatewood
 charles bare gatewood
charles b. gatewood

first lieutenant charles bare gatewood -lrb- april 5 , 1853 -- may 20 , 1896 -rrb- was an american soldier born in woodstock , virginia .
he served in the united states army in the 6th cavalry after graduating from west point .
upon assignment to the american southwest , gatewood led platoons of apache and navajo scouts against renegades during the apache wars .
in 1886 he played a key role in ending the geronimo campaign by persuading geronimo to surrender to the army .
beset with health problems due to exposure in the southwest and dakotas , gatewood was critically injured in the johnson county war and retired from the army in 1895 , dying a year later from stomach cancer .
before his retirement he was nominated for the medal of honor , but was denied the award .
he was portrayed by jason patric in the 1993 film '' '' .
