Clarence Edmund Bennett (1833-1902), usually referred to as Clarence E. Bennett, a graduate of West Point, a career American Army officer who saw duty almost exclusively in Western frontier assignments, served in the American Civil War in California, New Mexico and Arizona Territories and later in Reconstruction occupation forces and frontier duty during the later Indian Wars.
HEADQUARTERS, February 25, 1865. ‘Fort Bowie, Ariz. Ter., February 25, 1865. COLONEL: On the 17th instant the Apache Indians, to the number of about 100, attacked Fort Buchanan. They shot…
HEADQUARTERS, February 25, 1865. ‘Fort Bowie, Ariz. Ter., February 25, 1865. COLONEL: On the 17th instant the Apache Indians, to the number of about 100, attacked Fort Buchanan. They shot…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Bowie, Apache Pass, Ariz. Ter., July 6, 1865. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that on the 26th of June at 7 p.m. I left this post…