Felton, William G.
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Felton, William G.
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FELTON, WILLIAM R.
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William G. Felton was born in Pennsylvania in 1843. As a child, his family moved to Ohio where he worked on the family farm and for a neighbor who was a tanner. In 1861 he enlisted in the 44th Ohio Infantry Regiment where he saw action at Lewisburg, West Virginia. In 1863, he became a lieutenant in the 4th Arkansas Colored Regiment, which eventually became part of the 57th United States Colored Infantry Regiment; after being mustered out of the 57th, Felton joined the 6th Arkansas Colored Regiment, which eventually became part of the 113th United States Colored Regiment. Felton then became a scout, was captured by the Confederates, mistaken for a spy and was sent to the Camp Ford Stockade Prison in Texas; he was released in May 1865. Felton then moved to Ohio, California, Nevada, and then to Wyoming where he ran a stagecoach line from Cheyenne to Custer, South Dakota. In the 1870s, Felton moved to Leadville, Colorado to farm and mine for gold.
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Coaching (Transportation)
Dakota Indians
Indians of North America
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
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Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Leadville (Colo.)
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Camp Ford (Tex.)
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Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Ohio
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Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
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United States
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South Dakota
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Custer (S.D.)
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Wyoming
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Colorado
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Lewisburg (W.Va.)
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Nevada
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West (U.S.)
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California
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Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
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