Will C. Barnes

Will Croft Barnes
Lahir(1858-06-21)21 Juni 1858
San Francisco, California
Meninggal17 Desember 1936(1936-12-17) (umur 78)
Phoenix, Arizona
Tempat pemakamanArlington National Cemetery
PengabdianAmerika Serikat Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabangAngkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Lama dinas1879 - 1883
PangkatSersan
KesatuanSignal Corps
Perang/pertempuranPeperangan Indian
PenghargaanMedal of Honor
Pekerjaan lainpenulis, legislator

Will Croft Barnes (21 Juni 1858 – 17 Desember 1936), adalah seorang privat dalam U.S. Army Signal Corps, yang dikenal atas jasanya dalam Pertempuran Benteng Apache di Teritorial Arizona pada 11 September 1881. Saat Fort Apache dikepung oleh para prajurit Geronimo, Barnes lari dan berlindung ke Benteng Thomas. Para prajurit Benteng Thomas datang untuk membantu Benteng Apache. Atas jasanya, Barnes menerima Medal of Honor pada 8 November 1882.

Referensi

Bacaan tambahan

  • Apaches & Longhorns: The Reminiscences of Will C. Barnes, Will Croft Barnes, Frank Cummins Lockwood, University of Arizona Press, 1982.
  • Arizona Place Names, William Croft Barnes, Byrd H Granger, University of Arizona Press, 1987.
  • "The Cowboy and His Songs", Will Croft Barnes, Saturday Evening Post, June 27, 1925.
  • Tales from the X-bar Horse Camp: The Blue-roan "outlaw" and Other Stories, Will Croft Barnes, Breeders' Gazette, 1920.
  • Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock Industry as Conducted on the Open Ranges of the Arid West, Will Croft Barnes, The Breeder's gazette, 1913.
  • "Will Barnes and 'The Cowboy's Sweet By and By'," John Irwin White, in Git Along, Little Dogies: Songs and Songmakers of the American West, University of Illinois Press, 1975.

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