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James Henry Carletons birth.
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He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the US Army in 1839.
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the US Army in 1839, during the Aroostook War, and took part in the Mexican-American War. This gave him great hopes for advancement in the military. http://www.goarmy.com/search.html?q=lieutenant&x=0&y=0 -
the battle of buena vista.
Carleton wrote several books on the military: The Battle of Buena Vista (1848) He felt his books were a great success.
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Carleton writes two more novels
Diary of an Excursion to the Ruins of Abo, Quarra, and the Grand Quivira in New Mexico in 1853 (1855) and The Prairie Log Books (posthumous, 1944) were two other books he authored http://www.worldcat.org/title/diary-of-an-excursion-to-the-ruins-of-abo-quarra-and-gran-quivira-in-new-mexico-in-1853-under-the-command-of-major-james-henry-carleton/oclc/2680206 -
Carleton meets with Jefferson Davis.
It was partly on the strength of The Battle of Buena Vista that Carleton received an appointment from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis in 1856 to make a study of European cavalry tactics. Carleton did not make the trip abroad himself, but based his report on the observations of Capt. George B. McClellan, who had recently returned from Europe. Carleton thought that his ideas would help the union againt the
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In May 1859, Carleton and K Company of the First Dragoons out of Fort Tejon, California, was detailed to escort Major Henry Prince, a paymaster, with government funds to the Southern Utah Territory.
. Arriving at Mountain Meadows, the command rendezvoused with the Santa Clara Expedition of the Department of Utah from Camp Floyd under the command of Captain Ruben Campbell[2] who had arrived in the area the previous week. With orders from General Clarke, commander of the Department of California, to bury the victims of the massacre the dragoons gathered the remains of 34 found scattered on the plain and buried them in a mass grave http://en.wikipedia.org/ that occurred in September 1857,[3] -
Major Carleton attacks Paiute raiders.
In 1860, Major Carleton, attacked suspected Paiute raiders along the Mojave Road with a reinforced 1st Dragoons, Company K. Carleton felt like he was proving himself to be a good soldier, but he wanted something bigger, so he started the indian campaign.
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In 1861 Carleton raised and was appointed colonel of the 1st California Volunteer Infantry Regiment
In 1861 Carleton raised and was appointed colonel of the 1st California Volunteer Infantry Regiment http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2230 -
Carleton was promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers on April 28.
Carleton was promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers on April 28, during the march from California to Arizona. He also established Fort Bowie near Apache Pass. Carleton finally linked up with Union forces under General Edward R. S. Canby in New Mexico. After the Confederate threat to New Mexico seemed to have been eliminated. Being a major asset to the U.S army, Carleton was ready to take a new challenge.
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Colonel Carleton replaced Brigadier General George White.
In October 1861, Colonel Carleton replaced Brigadier General George Wright as commander of the District of Southern California. In 1862 he commanded the so-called California Column during its advance across California, Arizona, New Mexico, and into Texas. Along the way the Californians fought the Battle of Picacho Pass and, afterward, the Battle of Apache Pass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Apache_Pass -
" The long Walk Begins"
After the Navajo surrender at Canyon de Chelly, the entire nation was forced to march on the Long Walk to Fort Sumner. Carleton found "severity would be the most humane course" and felt expropriating the Navajo was in their best interests.[8] At the end of the journey 2,000 Navajos remained unaccounted for, with official records stating 336 died along the way.[9] Carleton next sent Carson on an expedition to rid the southwest of Indian raids which resulted in the Battle of Adobe Walls. One notor -
after fall of confederates, he ensures there's no return.
In the fall of 1862 Carleton decreed several measures in the aftermath of the Confederates; including internal passports, curfews, and martial law. He, being a part of the union, despised the confederacy.
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Navajo Campaign
Fort Sumner was established by Carleton in October 1862 with the intention to house the Navajos, despite warnings of its unsuitability for a large human presence.[8] Against the "great evil" of Navajo raiders he began scorched earth tactics, stating that they "must be whipped and fear us before they will cease killing and robbing the people." he felt alot of resentment towards the navajo.
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Carleton uses spies.
Because of uncertainty as to whether the Confederates would try to re-invade New Mexico, Carleton took measures such as maintaining spies along the New Mexico-Texas border and retaining the services of volunteer units from Colorado which had played a prominent role in expelling the Confederates from New Mexico in the winter and spring of 1862. Carleton thought that spies held a major contribution to war. http://www.geni.com/people/Brevet-Maj-General-James-Henry-Carleton-USA/6000000012640996275 -
Carleton was appointed Major General in the regular army
Near the end of the Civil War in 1865, Carleton was appointed brevet major general in the regular army. He retained command of his volunteer troops until 1866 when U.S. Regulars took over in the West. After the war, Carleton became a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. after starting to move up in the ranks carleton is seeing his potential. http://www.goarmy.com/search.html?q=Major+General&x=0&y=0 -
discharged, but also promoted.
After his discharge from the Volunteer Army, Carleton was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 4th U.S. Cavalry in July 1866, feeling his job was done in the volunteer corps, Carleton moved on to the U.S. cavalry. http://www.goarmy.com/search.html?q=lieutenant+colonel&x=0&y=0 -
James Henry Carletons death.
General Carleton died, serving with the Fourth Cavalry Regiment in his permanent rank of Lieutenant Colonel, at age 59 in January 7, 1873, in San Antonio, Texas, and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts; his son Henry was later buried beside him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Carleton -
