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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.
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.
Samuel P. Heintzelman March 13 – October 30, 1862 George Stoneman: October 30, 1862 – February 5, 1863 Daniel E. Sickles: February 5 – May 29, 1863 David B. Birney: May 29 – June 3, 1863 Daniel E. Sickles: June 3 – July 2, 1863 David B. Birney: July 2–7, 1863 William H. French: July 7, 1863 – January 28, 1864 David B. Birney
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
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]
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.
Following complications from a gall bladder operation at the Army-Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, Heintzelman died on July 6, 1935, at the age of 58. At the time, he was in command of the Seventh Corps Area, at Fort Omaha, Nebraska. [3] He is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery with his wife, who had died a few months before. [2] [4]
The Cortina Troubles is the generic name for the First Cortina War, from 1859 to 1860, and the Second Cortina War, in 1861, in which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Juan Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate States Army, the Texas Rangers, and the local militias of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.