General George Crook

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American Civil War veteran Indian Wars commander United States Army officer human

General George Crook was a prominent U.S. Army officer and Indian Wars commander known for his campaigns against Native American tribes in the American West during the late 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Brigadier General George Crook	1
General George Crook canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War veteran ⓘ Indian Wars commander ⓘ United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	brevet promotions for gallantry during the American Civil War ⓘ
birthDate	1828-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Montgomery County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ near Dayton, Ohio ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Apache Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Sioux War of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ Modoc War NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1890-03-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Crook NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	George Crook NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	George NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	campaigns against Native American tribes in the American West ⓘ negotiating with Apache leaders including Geronimo ⓘ relatively humane treatment of Native Americans compared to many contemporaries ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Brigadier General ⓘ Major General ⓘ
notableAssociation	Crazy Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ Geronimo NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cedar Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cloyd's Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fisher's Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of South Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCampaign	1876 campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Apache campaigns in Arizona Territory ⓘ Snake War campaigns in the Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Arlington National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander, Department of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander, Department of the Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander, Department of the Platte NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander, Division of the Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceEntryYear	1852 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Powder River (1876) → commander → General George Crook ⓘ

Battle of the Tongue River (1876) → U.S. commander → General George Crook ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brigadier General George Crook