Henry Ware Lawton

Union Infantryman, Frontier Soldier, Charismatic Warrior

Nonfiction, History, Military, United States
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Author: Michael E. Shay ISBN: 9780826273659
Publisher: University of Missouri Press Publication: June 1, 2017
Imprint: University of Missouri Language: English
Author: Michael E. Shay
ISBN: 9780826273659
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Publication: June 1, 2017
Imprint: University of Missouri
Language: English

Henry Ware Lawton’s nearly four decades as a professional soldier in the U.S. Army tie his story closely to that of America in the nineteenth century, from the Civil War to the settlement of the West, to the experiment with empire. Lawton served the country nearly uninterrupted from the day he enlisted at age 18—soon after Lincoln’s first call for volunteers to fight in the Civil War, where he earned a Medal of Honor—to his death at age 56, a major general in the Philippine War. In between, he fought in the Spanish-American War and the Indian Wars; during that time he rose to national prominence as the man who captured Geronimo.

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Henry Ware Lawton’s nearly four decades as a professional soldier in the U.S. Army tie his story closely to that of America in the nineteenth century, from the Civil War to the settlement of the West, to the experiment with empire. Lawton served the country nearly uninterrupted from the day he enlisted at age 18—soon after Lincoln’s first call for volunteers to fight in the Civil War, where he earned a Medal of Honor—to his death at age 56, a major general in the Philippine War. In between, he fought in the Spanish-American War and the Indian Wars; during that time he rose to national prominence as the man who captured Geronimo.

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