Fort Mohave
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Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado Ri
Mohave men and women and U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Mojave, ca. 1868
Lewis Armistead
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Lewis Addison Armistead was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charg
Fort Mohave
…as a base of military operations against the Mohave people. The post was renamed Fort Mohave on April 28, 1859 by its first garrison commander Captain Lewis A. Armistead. With 50 soldiers he defeated 200 Mohave in a battle in the summer of 1859, and ended hostilities with them. Two years later after the start of the…
Armistead, c. 1861–1863