William L. Carpenter
William Lewis Carpenter | |
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Born | naturalist and geologist | January 13, 1844
William Lewis Carpenter (January 13, 1844, at Dunkirk,
Early career
During the
After publication of several scientific articles, ranging in topic from naturalist to geological surveys, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army on April 5, 1867. He was assigned to the 9th Infantry Regiment and encouraged to continue his scientific research on the frontier.[2][3]
Black Hills duty
In 1872–1874 as part of the
Carpenter was promoted to First Lieutenant for "exceptional duties" on December 31, 1873. His and other reports lead to
In 1875, Lt. Carpenter, under Colonel
In 1876, Carpenter was recorded as a participant in the
Carpenter was second in command of Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment who was documented as "awaiting reinforcements after the Battle of the Rosebud" on June 20, 1876.[9]
In 1877, under orders from General Philip Sheridan (later in 1883, Commanding General of the United States Army), Lt. William Lewis Carpenter made his final report on the "Geology and Natural History of the Big Horn Mountains."[10] This report provided the economic reasons of the land and gold rush into the Black Hills of South Dakota 1873–1877, and was well received by the scientific community. Nominated by geologist W. P. Jenney, who encouraged him to go into academics, William L. Carpenter was elected a "Fellow"[11] of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on September 4, 1877.
In 1880 he was enumerated in the U.S. federal census as a soldier in the unorganized territory of Nebraska. In 1882 he was listed as an officer of the Department of the Platte: "First Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, Ninth Infantry, Company B, Fort Niobrara."[12][13]
His later duties included scientific collections and observations.[14]
Later career
Carpenter was promoted to captain in 1887.[15]
In 1892, after 37 years of service in the Civil War and Indian Wars, the 9th Infantry Regiment was transferred to routine garrison duty in Madison Barracks, New York.[16][17]
In Feb 1894, Captain Carpenter was at Madison Barracks where he was appointed to serve on an Army court-martial: "A general court-martial is appointed to meet at Madison Barracks, New York, on Feb. 21, 1894. Detail...William L. Carpenter, Ninth Infantry..." The 9th Infantry's official 1909 history includes several mentions of his service.[18]
Personal
Carpenter was the son of William Lewis Carpenter (Senior) (born July 17, 1813, in
On March 12, 1878, Carpenter married Ann Curtis Steever, who was born c. 1844 in New York. They had one child, a son, Marsh Steever Carpenter, born in 1883. In 1897 Carpenter joined the
See also
References
- ^ a b Finerty, John F., "Warpath and Bivouac" published 1890. The author mentions a news article he wrote for the Chicago Tribune in 1873 citing Lt. W. L. Carpenter's reports on gold being found in the Black Hills.
- ^ Carpenter, Amos B. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America
- ^ "Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009"
- ^ See also: H. A. Hagen. 1875. Report on the Pseudo-neuroptera collected by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter in 1873 in Colorado. United States Geological Survey Territorial Report for 1873, pp. 571–606.
- ISBN 978-0-06-089782-6
- ^ The Black Hills Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, Edited by Wayne R. Kime, University of Oklahoma Press, September 1996.
- ^ H. Newton, W. P. Jenney, et al., Report on the Geology & Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1880).
- ^ Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield & Bob Reece: Department of the Platte, http://www.friendslittlebighorn.com/Wyoming-Column.htm, Sep 6, 2005.
- ISBN 0-8032-8601-5.
- ^ Carpenter, William Lewis, "Geology and Natural History of the Big Horn Mountains." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1877.
- Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. See also: http://www.aaas.org/
- ^ A. T. Andreas: History of the State of Nebraska, The Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1882.
- ^ Thomas R. Buecker: Fort Robinson and The American West, Nebraska State Historical Society, 1999, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Okla., 2003, pp. 46–47.
- ^ P. H. Kirsch: Notes on a collection of fishes obtained in the Gila River at Fort Thomas, Arizona, by Lieutenant W. L. Carpenter, U.S. Army, Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 11, 1888/9, pp. 555–558.
- ^ a b Amos B. Carpenter: The Carpenter Memorial..., p. 472.
- ^ "2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized)". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "21st Field Artillery Regiment Heraldry". The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Captain Fred R. Brown: History of the 9th Infantry, 1799–1909, R. R. Donnelly & Sons Co., Chicago, Ill., 1909, short bio on p. 692 and a photo in the plate on p. 693.
- ^ Carpenter, Amos B. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, a.k.a. "The Carpenter Memorial", Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1898, reprinted and duplicated by many organizations in print, CD, and DVD formats. Subject is listed as number 4477. See page 472. See also page 848.
- ^ "Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009", data DVD format. Subject is RIN 47525.
- ^ "Soldier's Widow Made Postmistress," The Washington Post, issue of May 24, 1899, p. 7.
- ^ Amos B. Carpenter: The Carpenter Memorial..., pp. 848–849.