Baird, George William, 1839-1906.
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Baird, George William, 1839-1906.
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Born in Milford, Connecticut in 1839, Baird attended Yale College until his junior year when he enlisted in the First Connecticut Light Battery in 1862. He served in the Civil War in South Carolina and Florida, and in March 1864, he was promoted to colonel and assigned to the command of the 32nd Regiment of U. S. Colored Troops. After the war he acccepted a commission as 2nd lieutenant and served in the Indian Wars in Kansas, New Mexico, Indian Territory, Texas and Montana until 1878, when he was wounded in action. In June of 1879, he was appointed major in the Pay Department. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and deputy pay master general in July, 1899, and to brigadier general in February, 1903.
George William Baird and Wyllys Lyman were officers in the United States army. Both served in the 5th Infantry Regiment during the Red River War, fought by the United States Army against Comanche and Kiowa Indians on the Southern Plains, 1874-1875.
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Apache Indians
Bannock Indians
Bear Paw, Battle of, 1877
Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877
Comanche Indians
Comanche Indians
Dakota Indians
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Indians of North America
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Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
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Red River War, 1874-1875
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Yellowstone River
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Montana
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Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
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Tongue River (Wyo. and Mont.)
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Fort Dodge (Kan.)
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Fort Apache (Ariz.)
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