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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.
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 .
May 14, 2018 · The American army officer George Crook (1828-1890) campaigned against Indians in the southwestern and northwestern United States, but he was also an outspoken champion of Indian rights. Born on Sept. 8, 1828, on a farm near Taylorsville, Ohio, George Crook was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy in 1848.
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.
George Crook graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1852, 38th out of a class of 43, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry, stationed in Northern California until the outbreak of the Civil War. On September 12, 1861, Crook was appointed colonel of the 36th Ohio Infantry and sent to western Virginia.
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.
