Brigadier General Charles Patrick Egan, who won fame as an Indian fighter in the 1870s, was born in Ireland. The General came to America when a boy and had been serving in the Army for 20 years when he was retired at his own request in 1900.
During the Indian uprising in Californina in 1873, General Egan, then a Lieutenant, appeared on the battlefield in full uniform as an answer to a charge of cowardice again the company to which he was attached. He was wounded during the battle which his men won. He was brevetted Captain, U.S. Army, February 27, 1890 for gallant service against hostile Indians in Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, where he was wounded.
During the Indian uprising in Californina in 1873, General Egan, then a Lieutenant, appeared on the battlefield in full uniform as an answer to a charge of cowardice again the company to which he was attached. He was wounded during the battle which his men won. He was brevetted Captain, U.S. Army, February 27, 1890 for gallant service against hostile Indians in Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, where he was wounded.
Brigadier General Charles Patrick Egan, who won fame as an Indian fighter in the 1870s, was born in Ireland. The General came to America when a boy and had been serving in the Army for 20 years when he was retired at his own request in 1900.
During the Indian uprising in Californina in 1873, General Egan, then a Lieutenant, appeared on the battlefield in full uniform as an answer to a charge of cowardice again the company to which he was attached. He was wounded during the battle which his men won. He was brevetted Captain, U.S. Army, February 27, 1890 for gallant service against hostile Indians in Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, where he was wounded.
During the Indian uprising in Californina in 1873, General Egan, then a Lieutenant, appeared on the battlefield in full uniform as an answer to a charge of cowardice again the company to which he was attached. He was wounded during the battle which his men won. He was brevetted Captain, U.S. Army, February 27, 1890 for gallant service against hostile Indians in Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, where he was wounded.
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