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Cut the Tent, Unleash the War

by | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

Cochise vs. Lt. Bascom
January 28, 1861 John Ward rides 11 miles to petition Fort Buchanan commander Lt. Col. Pitcairn Morrison to help recover Ward’s stepson Felix, who was kidnapped the previous day by Apaches. Departing Fort Buchanan on January 29 to recover the boy, Second Lt. George N. Bascom leads a 54-man infantry unit (Company C, 7th Infantry) mounted on mules. John Ward rides with them to serve as an interpreter.


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