Capron, Allyn K.
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Captain Allyn K. Capron, a graduate of West Point, was a Rough Rider who served under Captain Hugh L. Scott as Lieutenant and Captain in charge of Indian prisoners of war with the 7th Calvary. He died from the effects of exposure during the Spanish American War in 1898.
Hugh L. Scott, a graduate of West Point with a degree from Columbia, served with the 9th and 7th Calvary. He was in charge of Geronimo's band of Apache Indians from 1894 to 1897. He later succeeded William W. Wotherspoon as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Geronimo and his Apache tribe were captured in Arizona in 1886. The tribe was moved as prisoners of war to Fort Pickens, Florida, then to Mount Vernon Barracks in Alabama and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
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Arizona
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Alabama
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Fort Pickens (Fla.)
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Fort Sill (Okla.)
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Mount Vernon (Ala.)
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North America
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