GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.071065000000
Longitude: -99.330824000000
Longitude: -99.330824000000
County:
- Kerr
Date:
March 8, 1856
Time Period:
Description:
While on a scouting mission under the command of Capt. Albert G.Brackett, a U.S. cavalry unit encounters an encampment of some eighteen to twenty Indians at the headwaters of the Guadalupe River, twelve miles west of present-day Kerrville. Three Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
The Tri-Weekly State Times, Vol. 2, No. 58, March 28, 1856.
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 43.
Captain Albert G. Brackett Original Title: Captain Albert Gallatin Brackett
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: The Medford Historical Society and Museum, The Medford Historical Society Civil War Photograph Collections
Image Viewed: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:5712mw528
Image Accessed: December 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.071065000000
Longitude: -99.330824000000
Longitude: -99.330824000000
County:
- Kerr
Date:
March 8, 1856
Event Description:
While on a scouting mission under the command of Capt. Albert G.Brackett, a U.S. cavalry unit encounters an encampment of some eighteen to twenty Indians at the headwaters of the Guadalupe River, twelve miles west of present-day Kerrville. Three Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
The Tri-Weekly State Times, Vol. 2, No. 58, March 28, 1856.
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 43.
Captain Albert G. Brackett Original Title: Captain Albert Gallatin Brackett
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: The Medford Historical Society and Museum, The Medford Historical Society Civil War Photograph Collections
Image Viewed: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:5712mw528
Image Accessed: December 3, 2019