Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848
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Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848
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Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848
Kearny, Steven Watts, 1794-1848
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Kearny, Steven Watts, 1794-1848
Kearny, Stephen Watts.
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Kearney, Stephen
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Kearny, Stephen Eatts, 1794-1848
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Kearny, Stephen Eatts, 1794-1848
Kearny, Stephen W. 1794-1848 (Stephen Watts),
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Kearney, Stephen Watts 1794-1848
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Kearny, Stephen W. 1794-1848
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Army officer.
Army officer; Kearny became a Brigadier General in 1846, and was assigned to command the Army of the West in the Mexican War. He led his men to Santa Fe which was entered without opposition and served as military governor of New Mexico for a month until a civil government was organized.
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Born in 1794 in Newark, N.J., and educated at Columbia College, Stephen Watts Kearny began his army career during the War of 1812 as an officer of the 13th Infantry. From 1819 on Kearny was stationed on the western frontier and took part in several exploring expeditions. By 1836, Kearny was colonel of the 1st Dragoons, headquartered at Fort Leavenworth, and in 1842, he assumed command of Military Dept. No. 3, first at Fort Leavenworth and later in St. Louis. A brigadier general by 1846, Kearny led American forces in New Mexico and California, and filled governorships there. During a brief tenure as governor at Vera Cruz, Kearny contracted yellow fever, of which he died in 1848.
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Slavery
Federal aid to Indians
Indians of North America
Manuscripts, American
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848
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West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.)
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New Mexico
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Texas
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United States
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Mexico
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United States
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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Kansas--Fort Leavenworth
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Missouri--Saint Louis
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