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First Lieutenant Charles Bare Gatewood (April 5, 1853 – May 20, 1896) was an American soldier born in Woodstock, Virginia. He was raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where his father ran a press. He served in the United States Army in the 6th Cavalry after graduating from West Point.
Even though Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, using mutual respect and negotiation—not bullets and bravado—potentially saved the lives of countless cavalrymen, settlers, Native Americans, and Mexicans by ensuring Geronimo’s surrender in 1886 after years of contentious and bloody Indian wars, he was continually overlooked for promotion and ...
Dec 7, 2016 · Lt. Charles Gatewood - Forgotten Defender of Indian Rights. Dec 7, 2016 10:35:50 AM. By Bob Harner. Despite risking his life to successfully persuade Geronimo to surrender for the last time, Lieutenant Charles Gatewood remains largely unacknowledged today, primarily because his unyielding commitment to defending the rights of Apache men and ...
Dec 31, 2019 · Before his famous 1886 assignment to track down Geronimo, Lieutenant Charles Gatewood served as military commandant and ‘judge’ at the White Mountain Apache Reservation. Lieutenant Charles Gatewood has forever been linked with the Chiricahua Apache war leader and medicine man Geronimo.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES B. GATEWOOD. US Army (Deceased) rom the Military Academy in 1877 and was commissioned . Second Lieutenant in the Sixth Cavalry. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 3...
First Lieutenant Charles Bare Gatewood (April 5, 1853 – May 20, 1896) was an American soldier born in Woodstock, Virginia. He was raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where his father ran a press. He served in the United States Army in the 6th Cavalry after graduating from West Point.
Jan 1, 2005 · Lt. Charles B. Gatewood (1853?1896), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he...
