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2 unusual facts about American Indian Wars


Christopher Raesser

He served in the 3rd Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry from 1862–1866, mostly as a clerk in the District of the Frontier, Department of the Missouri, where he participated in Indian fighting in western Kansas.

Indian War

American Indian Wars, name generally used in the United States to describe conflicts between the colonial or federal government and the native people of North America.


Charles Treat

Treat served in Artillery assignments in the United States, including postings to the western states during the American Indian Wars and duty as aide-de-camp to Oliver O. Howard.

Mohave War

Chief Cairook was in the area with about 300 men and the two sides encountered one another in a typical Indian war skirmish.


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