CategoryComancheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 11 October 1854; Batesville, Texas: Capt. Benjamin H. Arthur with Company F, 1st Infantry, skirmished with Lipan Apaches along Live Oak Creek near present-day Batesville, Texas, and...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 9 May 1854; Ben Bolt, Texas: Lt. George B. Cosby and 11 men of Companies F and I, Mounted Rifles, were riding south out of Fort Merrill, at the end of a long scout, when a Mexican rider...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The following story is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. 19-20 May 1870: Sgt. Emanuel Stance took ten men from Capt. Henry Carroll's Company F, 9th...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Author at Kidder's Fight Site 2 July 1867; Goodland, Kansas: While Lt. Col. George Custer was scouting the forks of the Republican River, Lt. Lyman S. Kidder of Company M, 2nd Cavalry...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 4 May 1877; Morton, Texas: While the buffalo hunters tried to go after the renegade Comanches, the U.S. Cavalry was also on their trail. On 9 April, Capt. Phillip L. Lee and 42 buffalo...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 27 March 1857; Mertzon, Texas: Johnston's Station was a small mail station on the Middle Concho River, 8 miles west of present-day San Angelo, Texas, on what would become the...