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In the gunfight, Coe lost his trigger finger. [2] Coe shot and wounded Seven Rivers Warriors gang member Charles "Dutch Charlie" Kruling in Lincoln on the morning of April 30, 1878, [citation needed] a day after Seven Rivers members had shot and killed the new Regulator leader, Frank McNab, and captured Coe's cousin, Frank. Frank escaped ...
George W. Coe, survivor of the Blazer's Mill fight, in 1934. Buckshot Roberts wanted no part in the Lincoln County War and had made plans to leave the area, selling his ranch and waiting for the check from his buyer.
The Battle of Lincoln, New Mexico, so-called Five-Day Battle or Five-Day Siege, [1] [2] was a five-day-long firefight between the Murphy-Dolan Faction and the Regulators that took place between July 15–19, 1878, in Lincoln, New Mexico. [3] [4] It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory.
The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
Eastern High School, Washington, D.C. - Circa 1899. School dress codes have changed significantly over the years. Back in the late 1800s, women were expected to wear full-coverage blouses and ...
The Lincoln County War brought him to the front, but several of the other Regulators were actually the driving force behind the events, and had a history of killing alongside one another prior to the war. Ab Saunders, Charlie Bowdre, Doc Scurlock, Frank Coe, and George Coe had previously killed rustlers
Lincoln County Regulators Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock (January 11, 1849 – July 25, 1929) was an American Old West figure, cowboy , and gunfighter . A founding member of the Regulators during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico , Scurlock rode alongside such men as Billy the Kid .
The Lincoln County War broke out following the murder of a merchant, John Tunstall, that sparked the regional conflict. The Coes sided with the Lincoln County Regulators, part of the Alexander McSween faction. The Regulators faced off against Sheriff William J. Brady, and allied hired gunmen from the Jesse Evans and the John Kinney gangs.