Carbine and Lance

Carbine and Lance
Author: Wilbur Sturtevant Nye
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2013-07-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0806187182

Fort Sill, located in the heart of the old Kiowa-Comanche Indian country in southwestern Oklahoma, is known to a modern generation as the Field Artillery School of the United States Army. To students of American frontier history, it is known as the focal point of one of the most interesting, dramatic, and sustained series of conflicts in the records of western warfare. From 1833 to 1875, in a theater of action extending from Kansas to Mexico, the strife was almost uninterrupted. The U.S. Army, Kansas militia, Texas Rangers, and white pioneers and traders were arrayed against the fierce and heroic bands of the Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Arapahoes, and Kiowa-Apaches. The savage skirmishes with the southwestern Indians before the Civil War provided many army officers with a kind of training that proved indispensable to them in that later, prolonged conflict. When hostilities ceased, Sherman, Sheridan, Dodge, Custer, Grierson, and other commanders again resumed the harsh field of guerrilla warfare against their Indian foes—tough, hard fighters. With the inauguration of the so-called Quaker Peace Policy during President Grant’s first administration, the hands of the army were tied. The Fort Sill reservation became a place of refuge for the marauding bands that went forth unmolested to raid in Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico. The toll in human life reached such proportions that the government finally turned the southwestern Indians over to the army for discipline, and a permanent settlement of the bands was achieved by 1875. From extensive research, conversations with both Indian and white eyewitnesses, and his familiarity with Indian life and army affairs, Captain Nye has written an unforgettable account of these stirring times. The delineation of character and the reconstruction of colorful scenes, so often absent in historical writing, are to be found here in abundance. His Indians are made to live again: his scenes of post life could have been written only by an army man.

The Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War

The Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War
Author: John Anthony Turcheneske
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN:

Following Geronimo's final surrender, nearly 400 Chiricahua Apaches were uprooted and exiled from their San Carlos, Arizona home--moved first to Florida, then to Alabama and finally to Fort Sill Oklahoma. The author discusses the conflicting interests of the war and interior departments that held them hostage there, as well as the campaign for their release from military custody, their efforts to retain Fort Sill as their permanent home, and the outcome of the Chiricahua's 27-year captivity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Fort Sill

Fort Sill
Author: Mark K. Megehee
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 146712964X

Established in 1869, Fort Sill initially hosted cavalry regiments, including buffalo soldiers, charged with pacifying native tribes in portions of Texas, Kansas, and Colorado. Replete with old West sagas, heroes, and villains, accounts from the post fascinate enthusiasts even today. Its namesake was chosen by Maj. Gen. "Little Phil" Sheridan to memorialize Brig. Gen. Joshua Sill, who gave his life in the Civil War. Similarly, the lasting impressions of great Americans are commemorated within the fort at Henry Post Army Airfield, "Flipper's Ditch," "Ambrosia Springs," "Sherman House," and of course, "Geronimo's Guardhouse." Even the city of Lawton was named after the "Prince of Quartermasters," Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Fort Sill's reputation as the premier artillery training and development center for the US Armed Forces has endured, preparing servicemen for every significant American conflict since its inception.

Carbine & Lance

Carbine & Lance
Author: Wilbur Sturtevant Nye
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1942
Genre: Comanche Indians
ISBN:

Documentation of Building 1815 US Army Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma

Documentation of Building 1815 US Army Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN:

The documentation of Building 1815 located at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma was conducted to mitigate the demolition of the building. Geo-Marine, Inc. conducted this work under Contract No. DACW-56-92-D-0010, Delivery Order No. 0018, between December 1993 and May 1994. Duane E. Peter, Director of the Cultural Resources Management Division of Geo-Marine, Inc., served as Principal Investigator. The architectural fieldwork was done by Joe C. Freeman, AlA. Architectural documentation included review of materials in the Fort Sill archives, an interview with Towana Spivey, Director of the Fort Sill Museum and Archives, field investigation and notes, and photography. The photography included 35 nim color slides, 35 mm black-and-white, and large format, 4-x-5 black-and-white. An historic context was prepared by Kellie A. Krapf, archeologist and historian. The historical research includes archival research and personal communications with Pamela Schenian of Fort Knox, Kentucky.