Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1843, Mar. 17 | Born, Manhattan, Ohio |
| 1858-1861 | Attended Fort Wayne Methodist Episcopal College (now Taylor University), Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| 1861 | Enlisted in the 9th Indiana Infantry (volunteers) Appointed first lieutenant, 30th Indiana Infantry (volunteers), and attained rank of brevet colonel by 1865 |
| 1864-1865 | Commanded 30th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War; received Medal of Honor for gallantry at Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1865-1867 | Read law, law office of Judge Ninde, Fort Wayne, Ind., and attended Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1867 | Appointed second lieutenant, United States Army |
| 1873-1888 | Fought in Indian War campaigns (Sioux in 1876, Ute in 1879, Apache in 1886) with rank of captain |
| 1881 | Married Mary Craig |
| 1886 | Led army column that pursued Geronimo and his Chiricahua Apache warriors through the mountains of Arizona and Mexico and received his surrender |
| 1898 | Commanded 2nd Division, Army Corps in Cuba, during the Spanish-American War; participated in actions at Daiquiri, Siboney, El Caney, and Santiago de Cuba, and became military governor of Santiago de Cuba after the close of hostilities; held rank of colonel |
| 1898 | Accompanied President William McKinley on tour of the United States |
| 1898-1899 | Commanded 1st Division, VIII Army Corps in the Philippines, during the Philippine Insurrection, first as brigadier and later as major general of volunteers |
| 1899, Dec. 19 | Killed in action, San Mateo, Luzon, Philippines |