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Samuel Peter Heintzelman (September 30, 1805 – May 1, 1880) 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 American Civil War he was a prominent figure in the early months of the war rising to the command of a corps.
SS Samuel Heintzelman (MC hull number 651) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after Samuel Heintzelman, a United States Army general, the ship was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, and launched on 27 August 1942. [2] It was operated by Coastwise Line.
Heintzelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ken Heintzelman (1915–2000), American baseball player; Samuel P. Heintzelman (1805–1880), United States Army General; Stuart Heintzelman (1876–1935), American soldier; Tom Heintzelman (born 1946), American baseball player
Following the failure 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 California.
Charles Debrille Poston (April 20, 1825 – June 24, 1902) was an American explorer, prospector, author, politician, and civil servant.He is referred to as the "Father of Arizona" due to his efforts lobbying for creation of the territory.
Heintzelman's Point was named after Major Samuel P. Heintzelman who was in command of Fort Yuma at the time the name was given to the point during the first expedition to bring supplies up the river by Lieutenant George Derby with the schooner, Invincible. Derby attempting to ascend the river in his longboat met the Major descending the ...
The United States Army responded by sending an expedition into the area, under the command of Major Samuel P. Heintzelman, with orders to pacify all resistance. A minor battle began on December 13, at a ranch called La Ebonal, and continued for a few hours as the Americans routed and then pursued the retreating Cortinistas.
The fort's new commander, Major Samuel Heintzelman, united and coordinated all armed groups to put an end to the Cortina threat. Cortina retreated up the Rio Grande until on December 27, 1859, Heintzelman and Ford engaged him in the Battle of Rio Grande City. Cortina's forces were decisively defeated, losing sixty men and all their equipment.