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George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. forces in the 1886 campaign that led to the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo.
George Crook (born Sept. 23, 1829, near Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died March 21, 1890, Chicago, Ill.) was an American army officer in the American Civil War and in the Indian conflicts of the West. General William Tecumseh Sherman called him the best of the Indian fighters and managers.
General George Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the Civil War and the Indian Wars. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California from 1852 to 1861.
Jan 12, 2024 · George Crook was held as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, for one month until he was released as part of a prisoner exchange on March 20, 1865. George Crook commanded a cavalry division in the Army of the Potomac during the Appomattox Campaign in 1865. George Crook married Mary Tapscott Daily on August 22, 1865, in ...
Jan 12, 2024 · George Crook was a noted officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars in the American West during the last half of the nineteenth century. On the night of February 21, 1865, Confederate partisans captured George Crook as he slept at Cumberland, Maryland.
Jun 12, 2006 · Historian Robert Utley wrote, ‘General George Crook [was] considered by many of his contemporaries to be the army’s most skilled Indian fighter….’. Whether Crook was the greatest Indian fighter can be argued, but he was never an Indian hater. He must be regarded as one of the Army’s greatest Indian friends.
During the campaign, Crook successfully commanded his brigade to a success against Confederate General A. G. Jenkins at the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain. In August of 1864, Crook was given command of the Department of Western Virginia which would become the VIII Corps under General Philip Sheridan .
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