|
|
Popular topics:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By profession:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nationality:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Famous authors:
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Facts about George Crook
SummaryGeorge Crook (born as George R. Crook in Taylorsville, Ohio, died in Chicago, Illinois), he is also known as Nantan Lupan "Grey Wolf", was a famous Soldier from USA, who lived between September 8, 1828 and March 21, 1890.BiographyGeneral George Crook was one of the most effective American officers during the Indian wars that enabled white settlers to seize the mining areas of the western United States during the second half of nineteenth century to mine gold and silver.Born in 1828 into a farming family in Ohio, George Crook graduated from the Military Academy at West Point in 18521. He made the first of his career in California and Oregon, where he was noted in the Indian wars, with his classmate Philip Henry Sheridan. Early in the Civil War, in 1861, his experience of the hunt for Native American, he served in guerilla actions in West Virginia, during the second battle of Bull Run (Manassas for the South) and the Battle Chickamauga. Crook also commanded during the Civil War a regiment of volunteers in Ohio, as colonel2. After the war, Crook restarts on the Pacific coast carrying a two-year campaign against the Paiute Indian. Its success led President Ulysses S. Grant to put him in charge of the Arizona Territory. In 1871, he won against the Apaches through the use of Indian scouts and his willingness to talks rather than armed conflict. In 1875, Crook was transferred to the Northern Plains where he had the very difficult task to prevent the hordes of gold seekers from entering the Black Hills, the "Black Hills", sacred mountains to the Lakota Sioux, in violation the Treaty of Fort Laramie, signed in 1868. Then, his mission was rather to move the Lakota Indians on reserves, to allow miners to enter the Black Hills. In 1876 he took part in a coordinated attack to transfer the people of Sioux Sitting Bull reserves. He finds himself forced to abandon General Custer at the death, during the famous Battle of Little Big Horn. In 1882, Crook was again in Arizona, where the Apaches fled their reservation and resumed guerrilla warfare under the leadership of Geronimo. After four years, he managed to force him to surrender. Finally, in 1886, Crook was relieved of his command, assigned to General Nelson A. Miles, which ended the long war against the Apaches. Zodiac etc.He is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by George.Related authors: Geronimo, Nelson A. Miles, Ulysses S. Grant, Sitting Bull Source / external links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_CrookFamous quotes by George Crook (17)Comments |