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387 Duetothelargenumberofsourcesforthebiographicalsketches inthissection,footnotesorendnoteswouldhavebeenimpractical. Consequently,Ihaveplacedthesourcesinparenthesesattheend ofeachentry.Incaseswheretheauthorhasonlyonepublication inthebibliography,Ihaveusedonlytheauthor’slastname.In casesofmultiplepublicationsbythesameauthor,Ihaveplaced thedateofpublicationoftheeditioncited. Military Whendiscussingthecareersofcavalrymen,thedesignation ofunitsoverlappingtheCivilWartendstobeconfusing.Inmid1861 ,theRegularArmyhadsixmountedregiments,viz.First andSecondDragoons,MountedRiflemen,andFirst,Secondand ThirdCavalry.OnAugust3,1861,Congressreorganizedthese regiments,designatingthemall“cavalry,”andrenumberingthem asfollows: FirstDragoonstoFirstCavalry SecondDragoonstoSecondCavalry MountedRiflementoThirdCavalry FirstCavalrytoFourthCavalry SecondCavalrytoFifthCavalry Appendix1 ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ PersonsMentionedintheDiary 388 APPENDIX1 ThirdCavalrytoSixthCavalry. Afterthewar,additionalRegularArmymountedunitswereauthorized asneeded(HerrandWallace,116). ADAM,Emil(1831–1903),whichBourkespelled“Adams,”was captaininthe5thCavalry.AnativeofBavaria,heservedinthat country’sarmybeforesettlinginIllinois.HeservedintheIllinois infantryduringtheCivilWarandenteredtheRegularArmyin1867. HewasbrevetedtomajorforgallantryinactionagainstIndiansat MuchosCañones,Arizona,onSept.25,1872,butwassuspended forsixmonthsin1874,whenhisfailuretoreacttoanattackona wagontrainnearSanCarlosledtoamajoroutbreak.Heparticipated inCrook’sBighornandYellowstoneExpeditionin1876,andinthe NezPercéWar.Heretiredasamajorin1893.(Heitman,1:151; Altshuler,1991,2–3) ALLEN,James,ofIndiana,enteredWestPointin1868,and upongraduationwaspostedtothe2ndCavalry.Herosethrough thegrades,andin1888becamecaptain.In1890,hewasassigned totheSignalCorps,andin1899becamelieutenantcolonel.During theSpanish-AmericanWarandPhilippineInsurrection,heserved intheVolunteers,attainingtherankofbrigadiergeneralinthat servicein1901.(Heitman,1:159) ALLISON,JamesNicholas,enteredWestPointin1867,andupon graduationwaspostedtothe2ndCavalryasasecondlieutenant,a positionheheldatthetimeBourkeknewhim.(Heitman,1:160) ANDREWS,WilliamHoward(d.1880),joinedtheVolunteers asacaptainin1862,andwasmusteredoutasabrevetmajor. Hewasnamedfirstlieutenantofthe12thInfantryin1866,and assignedtothe3rdCavalryatCampMcDowell,Arizona,inDecember 1870,servingaspostadjutantforthenexttenmonths. Heretiredindisabilityascaptainin1879.(Altshuler,1991,10; Heitman,1:167) ANDRUS,EdwinProctor,ofNewYork,wasappointedsecond lieutenantinthe5thCavalryupongraduationfromWestPointin 1875.Hewaspromotedtofirstlieutenantin1883,captainin1893, andmajorofthe3rdCavalryin1902.(Heitman,1:167) ARTHUR,William,joinedtheVolunteerartilleryasfirstlieutenant in1862.HedistinguishedhimselfduringtheCivilWar,risingto thebrevetrankoflieutenantcolonel.Hejoinedthe3rdArtilleryas [3.238.233.189] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 02:41 GMT) PERSONSMENTIONEDINTHEDIARY 389 secondlieutenantin1866.Hewasappointedmajorandpaymaster onJuly26,1876,andretiredin1898.(Heitman,1:172) AUGUR,ChristopherColon(1821–98),enteredWestPointin 1839,andupongraduationwasbrevetedassecondlieutenantofthe 2ndInfantry.Twoyearslater,in1845,hewascommissionedsecond lieutenantofthe4thInfantry.Augurservedhonorablyduringthe MexicanWarandontheIndianfrontier,workinghiswayupthe grades.In1861,hewaspromotedtomajor.Afterspendingthefirst fewmonthsoftheCivilWarascommandantofcadetsatWestPoint, hewaspostedtotheWashingtondefenses.Hewasbrevetedforgallant andmeritoriousserviceduringtheShenandoahCampaignof 1862,andtheMississippiCampaignthefollowingyear,andfinished thewarasbrevetmajorgeneral.In1869,hewasappointedbrigadier general,andspenttheremainderofhiscareercommandingvarious departmentsintheMilitaryDivisionoftheMissouri.Heretiredin 1885.(Warner,12;Heitman,1...