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Kennedy, J. Thomas, LTC.
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Contact Info
Home Town Moultrie, Georgia
Last Address 115 Kennedy Road Colquitt County, Georgia
Date of Passing Mar 26, 1936
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Indian Wars (US)
From Month/Year
January / 1775
To Month/Year
December / 1898
Description The American Indian Wars, or Indian Wars, were the multiple armed conflicts between European governments and colonists, and later American settlers or the United States government, and the native peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred across the North American continent from the time of earliest colonial settlements until 1924. In many cases, wars resulted from competition for resources and land ownership as Europeans and later Americans encroached onto territory which had been inhabited by Native Americans for the previous centuries. There was population pressure as settlers expanded their territory, generally pushing indigenous people northward and westward. Warfare and raiding also took place as a result of wars between European powers; in North America, these enlisted their Native American allies to help them conduct warfare against each other's settlements.
Many conflicts were local, involving disputes over land use, and some entailed cycles of reprisal. Particularly in later years, conflicts were spurred by ideologies such as Manifest Destiny, which held that the United States was destined to expand from coast to coast on the North American continent. In the 1830s, the United States had a policy of Indian removal east of the Mississippi River, which was a planned, large-scale removal of indigenous peoples from the areas where Americans were settling. Particularly in the years leading up to Congressional passage of the related act, there was armed conflict between settlers and Native Americans; some removal was achieved through sale or exchange of territory through treaties.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1877
To Month/Year
December / 1882
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Served with Company G [Troop G after 1881], 1st Cavalry Regiment from January 1877 to January 1882, which included numerous engagements with the Apaches. The most notable was in Arizona (and even over the border in Sonora, Mexico) near Cedar Springs and the Dragoon Mountains in October 1881, shortly before Corporal Kennedy's discharge.