Henry Ware Lawton
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Henry Ware Lawton was a U.S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, and the Spanish–American War. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the American Ci
Major-General Henry Ware Lawton, Meserve Collection
Lawton at Corinth, Mississippi, after promotion to Captain
Lt. Lawton as a member of the 4th Cavalry in the late 1870s
Letter from Lt. A.L. Smith of Lawton's Geronimo Campaign
Battle of San Mateo (1899)
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The Battle of San Mateo was a battle during the Philippine–American War between the United States and the Philippines. It was fought on December 19, 1899, near San Mateo in what was then Manila provin
Henry Ware Lawton
…Aguinaldo replied that Lawton was a night general and had attacked him (Aguinaldo) so often at night, he never knew when Lawton was coming. During the Battle of San Mateo, Lawton was, as usual, in the midst of the fighting and was killed by Filipino sharpshooter Bonifacio Mariano, coincidentally under the command of a…
Death of Major-General Henry Ware Lawton during the battle