William S. Harney
United States Army general (1800–1889) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Selby Harney (August 22, 1800 – May 9, 1889), otherwise known among the Lakota people as "Woman Killer" and "Mad Bear," was a Tennessee-born cavalry officer in the US Army, who became known during the Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War for his brutality and ruthlessness. One of four general officers in the US Army at the beginning of the American Civil War, he was removed from overseeing the Department of the West because of his Southern sympathies early in the war, although he kept Missouri from joining the Confederacy. Under President Andrew Johnson, he served on the Indian Peace Commission, negotiating several treaties before spending his retirement partly in St. Louis and partly trading reminiscences with Jefferson Davis and Ulysses S. Grant in Mississippi.
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William Selby Harney | |
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Born | (1800-08-22)August 22, 1800 Madison, Tennessee, US |
Died | May 9, 1889(1889-05-09) (aged 88) Orlando, Florida, US |
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1818–1863 |
Rank | Brigadier general Brevet Major general |
Unit | 1st U.S. Infantry |
Commands held | 2nd U.S. Dragoons Military Department Number Five Department of Oregon Department of the West |
Battles/wars | Indian Wars
Mexican–American War Pig War Utah War Bleeding Kansas American Civil War |
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