Yuma War
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The Yuma War was the name given to a series of United States military operations conducted in Southern California and what is today southwestern Arizona from 1850 to 1853. The Quechan were the primary
Yumans along the Colorado River by William Emory, circa 1857.
Yuma Ferry
Colorado River at Yuma
Warner's Ranch
Samuel P. Heintzelman
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Samuel Peter Heintzelman was a United States Army general. He served in the Seminole War, the Mexican–American War, the Yuma War and the Cortina Troubles. During the early months of the American Civil
Yuma War
…of the California Militia against the Quechan people (Yuma Indians), in the Gila Expedition, the U. S. Army sent the Yuma Expedition under Captain Samuel P. Heintzelman, to establish a post at Yuma Crossing of the Colorado River in the vicinity where it met the Gila River in the Lower Colorado River Valley region of…
Samuel P. Heintzelman, Major General