Forts & Military in Grant County, NM
Fort Bayard (est. 1866) anchored US military presence in Grant County during and after the Apache campaigns; it later became a tuberculosis sanitarium and VA hospital.
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One soldier was wounded during the battle.
match score: 9
A sergeant from troop D, 10th cavalry, was shot at Fort Bayard over a dispute involving a woman.
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Several Chinese men were killed near Fort Bayard by Mexicans.
match score: 7
Mexicans who killed Chinese near Fort Bayard, later captured, one killed with train robbers, others got light sentences.
match score: 7
Veteran who served as Private First Class in the Army during World War II, was a prisoner of war, and served in the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment.
match score: 7
A colored sergeant who was shot at Fort Bayard by a private.
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Pioneer of southwestern New Mexico who helped organize a hospital in Silver City's mining camp and died at age 90.
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Old soldier and prospector who had a famous hand-to-hand fight with a she bear in May 1881.
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An intoxicated soldier who killed a woman and a peace officer in Central.
match score: 6
A man pictured riding a horse in the foreground of the Fort Bayard Sanitarium photograph.
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A soldier from Fort Bayard shot up the town of Central City.
match score: 6
A retired Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy, class of 1907, who recently came to Roswell to live.
match score: 5
Secretary of the Ladies Hospital who submitted a financial report.
match score: 5
Young man injured in a roping accident who was taken to a hospital in Ouray, Colorado.
match score: 4
Officer of the Ninth Cavalry shot through the body at San Andreas, nursed by Roman Chiquito.
match score: 4
A prominent character on the southwestern frontier described as a born leader, gallant soldier, successful lawyer, brilliant writer, and public-spirited citizen…
match score: 4
Colonel at Fort Bayard who sent notice to Captain Keys about rations and instructions.
match score: 4
Commander of an Iowa regiment, known to an engineer traveling in Georgia.
match score: 4
Counsel for the defense in the Ada Humes trial.
match score: 4
A drunken man who rode his horse into the White House saloon.
match score: 4
Served as Company Commander of the Civilian Conservation Corps 3308th Company at San Antonio, New Mexico.
match score: 4
Bidder on the Fort Bayard beef contract at $4.75.
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A soldier trailed to Fort Bayard the morning after the robbery of the Chinese store, but was released because the Chinaman could not identify him.
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A drunken gentleman who rode his horse into the White House saloon, was arrested and then released without fine due to friends intervening.
match score: 4
Received the Fort Bayard beef contract at $4.20 per hundred and came from his Arizona ranch.
match score: 3
Corporal of troop G, 2nd cavalry, stationed at Fort Stanton, en route to Fort Wingate for promotion examination.
match score: 3
First commander of Camp Cody, forming the 34th US Infantry Division.
match score: 3
An attorney who secured pensions for old soldiers, including Romero and Naranjo.
match score: 3
Officer of the 6th Cavalry in command at Fort Bowie, Arizona.
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Listed among individuals associated with Fort Bayard.
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Captain of the cavalry and companion of Sheriff Bullard who helped defend against the Apache attack.
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Apache chief who ambushed at Soldier Hill on December 19, 1885.
match score: 3
Colonel mentioned in the context of muster rolls for the 1st Cavalry of New Mexico Volunteers.
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C M Gill is the head nurse at the Santa Fe Pacific hospital and will leave for St Paul, Minn to visit relatives.
match score: 3
Son of Jacob Bennett who served as quartermaster in the 8th Iowa Cavalry.
match score: 3
Corporal in troupe G, 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Stanton, en route to Fort Wingate for promotion examination.
match score: 3
Class of 1930, stationed at Headquarters Troop, First Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
match score: 3
Doctor who performed the first surgery at the hospital and chose Elizabeth Warren as his assistant.
match score: 3
War secretary who offered Hugh Love a lieutenancy in a colored regiment.
match score: 3
Solicitor General who gave an opinion about voting rights for patients at Fort Bayard and Fort Stanton.
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Sergeant Emil Ptiuly, of troop 14th cavalry, is to be granted a two-month furlough with permission to have the limits of the division.
match score: 3
Captain in the 1st Cavalry of New Mexico Volunteers, Company G, as per muster roll.
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Francisco Villa commanded the soldiers who murdered foreign miners near Santa Isabel.
match score: 3
Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.
match score: 3
A colonel and commander of the expedition bringing reinforcements.
match score: 3
An old soldier who drives burros selling amole root and was granted a pension for wounds received at the battle of Valverde.
match score: 3
Sergeant in the 9th U.S. Cavalry, Medal of Honor recipient in 1879 for defending civilians.
match score: 3
A negro soldier indicted for murder who killed Red Dalton at Central.
match score: 3
Soldier in D troop, 10th cavalry who killed Carrie Drugg and John Dalton and wounded Horace Johnson.
match score: 3
Likely Victoriano Huerta, whose soldiers are mentioned as hanging a woman at a ranch.
match score: 3
A pioneer of Hanover Gulch who died at Grant County Hospital after signing papers for $5000 from a mining claim sale.
match score: 3
Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.
match score: 3
Man who died after being hit in the head with a windlass at Pinos Altos and subsequently went insane.
match score: 3
Recipient of Certificate of Eligibility for Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps.
match score: 3
A colonel from Valencia County who visited the city and camped nearby in 1853 with his soldiers.
match score: 3
A cowboy working in the Gila roundup who was thrown from a horse and suffered a broken leg.
match score: 3
Listed as a subject of the record containing pottery fragments from Fort Bayard.
match score: 3
Sergeant in the 9th U.S. Cavalry, Medal of Honor recipient in 1879 for rescuing a comrade under Apache fire.
match score: 3
Sergeant John Mclarlhy, of company F Hill infantry, is to be granted a furlough for four months after reenlistment.
match score: 3
Son of Jacob Bennett who served as captain in a Minnesota regiment.
match score: 3