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    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...
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    The county is named after George Crook, a U.S. Army officer who served in the American Civil War and various Indian Wars. Crook County comprises the Prineville...
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    Ellis, near present-day Bozeman, Montana, while a force under General George Crook was to march north from Fort Fetterman, near present-day Douglas, Wyoming...
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  • September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard...
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    incident during the fight involving Buffalo Calf Road Woman. General George Crook's offensive was stymied by the Indians, led by Crazy Horse, and he awaited...
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  • George Crook (born 13 October 1988) is an English rugby union player for Birmingham & Solihull in The Championship and Worcester Warriors in the Guinness...
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    scouts after Custer's defeat.: 220  Around 170 Crows fought with General George Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud without a legal registration.: 116  Crow...
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    Mackenzie Crook (born Paul James Crook, 29 September 1971) is an English actor, director and writer. He played Gareth Keenan in The Office, Ragetti in...
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    Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins, was mortally wounded. Brigadier General George Crook commanded the Union Army of West Virginia, made up of three brigades...
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    A shepherd's crook is a long and sturdy stick with a hook at one end, often with the point flared outwards, used by a shepherd to manage and sometimes...
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  • historical figures appear as characters, including George Crook, Wyatt Earp, E. B. Farnum, George Hearst, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Sol Star, A...
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    The General George Crook House Museum is located in Fort Omaha. The Fort is located in the Miller Park neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, United States...
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    resumed, the US government appointed general George Crook as military commander in Arizona. General Crook tried an original approach – improving living...
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    that tents were erected to quarantine the stricken. In 1876, General George Crook pursued the Sioux Indians from the Battle of Little Big Horn, on an expedition...
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    organized in 1888. Crook County was named for Brigadier General George Crook, an army commander during the Indian Wars. In 1890, Crook County lost territory...
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    Schurz, who also directed the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Brigadier General George Crook had the Ponca arrested for having left the reservation in Indian Territory...
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    general. Around this time, Hayes learned of the birth of his fourth son, George Crook Hayes. The army went into winter quarters once more, and in spring 1865...
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  • Virginia and Maryland and was at times led by such famous personalities as George Crook and Rutherford B. Hayes. On July 1, 1861 Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox took...
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    hostile Indians to return to their reservations. Generals Alfred Terry and George Crook took up an unsuccessful late summer chase of the Lakota and Cheyenne...
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    during the American Civil War. A Union brigade commanded by Colonel George Crook soundly defeated a larger Confederate force commanded by Brigadier General...
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    1993, he appeared in Geronimo: An American Legend as Brigadier General George Crook, and co-starred with Tom Cruise as a corrupt lawyer in The Firm, a legal...
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    time. "Captain Jack" Crawford served under Generals Wesley Merritt and George Crook. According to the Montana Anaconda Standard of April 19, 1904, he stated...
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  • Paulina and the most well-known U.S. Army commander of the Snake War was George Crook. He had played a significant role for the Union in the Civil War and...
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    George Crook, was held in reserve. After difficult fighting where Early made good use of the region's terrain on the east side of Winchester, Crook attacked...
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    for the New York Herald, to tell the news of the great victory by Gen. George Crook against the village of Chief American Horse at the Battle of Slim Buttes...
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    constructed between 1894 and 1896. The fort's namesake was Major General George Crook, a Civil War veteran and Indian fighter. It was first used as a dispatch...
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  • led by General George Crook in pursuit of a band of Sioux fleeing from anticipated retaliation for their overwhelming victory over George Armstrong Custer's...
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    to 700 other Apaches back to Mexico. In the spring of 1883, General George Crook was put in charge of the Arizona and New Mexico Indian reservations....
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    20, 1850 – August 15, 1905) was a Scout and interpreter for General George Crook during the American Indian War of 1876. For the better part of a decade...
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    Carson "Buffalo Bill" Cody Texas Jack Omohundro James C. Cooney George Crook George Armstrong Custer Alexis Godey Samuel P. Heintzelman Tom Horn Calamity...
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