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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1828-1890)''' - Born 8 Sep 1828 near Taylorsville, Ohio. Died  21 Mar 1890, Chicago, Illinois. Graduated 38th out of 43 from [[:Category:United States Military Academy|U.S. Military Academy]], West Point, [[:Category:West Point 1852|Class of 1852]]. Noted western Indian fighter.
'''{{PAGENAME}} (1828-1890)''' - Born 8 Sep 1828 near Taylorsville, Ohio. Died  21 Mar 1890, Chicago, Illinois. Graduated 38th out of 43 from [[U.S. Military Academy]], West Point, [[:Category:West Point 1852|Class of 1852]]. Noted western Indian fighter.
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==Early Years==
==Early Years==
He was assigned to the [[4th U.S. Infantry]] as brevet 2nd Lt., serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded the Pitt River Expedition of 1857 and in one of the several engagements was severely wounded by an Indian arrow. He established [[Fort Ter-War]] in what is now Klamath, California.  
He was assigned to the [[4th U.S. Infantry]] as a brevet 2nd Lt., serving in California, 1852–61 during the [[California Gold Rush]]. He served in Oregon and northern California, fighting against several Native American tribes and establishing [[Fort Jones]] and  [[Fort Ter-War]] in northern California. He commanded the Pitt River Expedition of 1857 and in one of the several engagements was severely wounded by an Indian arrow.  
==U.S. Civil War==
==U.S. Civil War==
==Postwar==
==Postwar==

Revision as of 17:34, 3 September 2012

George Crook (1828-1890) - Born 8 Sep 1828 near Taylorsville, Ohio. Died 21 Mar 1890, Chicago, Illinois. Graduated 38th out of 43 from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Class of 1852. Noted western Indian fighter.

General George Crook
Fort Omaha, General Crook's Quarters

Early Years

He was assigned to the 4th U.S. Infantry as a brevet 2nd Lt., serving in California, 1852–61 during the California Gold Rush. He served in Oregon and northern California, fighting against several Native American tribes and establishing Fort Jones and Fort Ter-War in northern California. He commanded the Pitt River Expedition of 1857 and in one of the several engagements was severely wounded by an Indian arrow.

U.S. Civil War

Postwar

Maj. Gen. Crook died of a heart attack in Chicago while serving as commander of the Division of the Missouri. He was originally buried in Maryland, but was moved, with his wife, to Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery on 11 Nov 1898.

Father:

  • Thomas Crook (1???-1???) - Born in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Mother:

  • Elizabeth Matthews (1787-1844)

Marriage:

  • Mary Tapscott Dailey (1842-1895) - Born 7 May 1842, Moorefield, Virginia. Died 24 Sep 1895, Oakland, Maryland. Buried with her husband in Arlington National Cemetery on 27 Sep 1895. Married 22 Aug 1865, Alleghany County, Maryland.

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