Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “William Rufus Shafter”

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'''William Rufus Shafter''' (16 tháng 10, 1835 &ndash; 12 tháng 11, 1906) là một sĩ quan [[Quân đội Liên Bang miền Bắc]] trong [[Nội chiến Hoa Kỳ]] nhận được huân chương cao quý nhất của quân đội Hoa Kỳ, [[Huy chương danh dự]], vì thành tích của ông trong [[Trận đường Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road|Trận Fair Oaks]]. Shafter also played a prominent part as a [[Major general (United States)|major general]] in the [[Chiến tranh Tây Ban Nha-Hoa Kỳ]]. [[Pháo đài Shafter]], [[Hawaii]], được đặt tên vinh danh ông cũng như thành phố [[Shafter, California]] và thị trấn ma [[Shafter, Texas]]. Ông có biệt danh là '''Pecos Bill'''.<ref name=TSHAhandbk-Shafter />
 
==Thiếu thời==
Shafter wassinh bornra in [[Galesburg, Michigan]] onvào Octoberngày 16 tháng 10, 1835. HeTrước workednội aschiến, aông teacherlàm andnghề farmergiáo inviên the yearsnông precedingdân thetrong Civilnhiều Warnăm.
 
==Nội chiến và các chiến dịch Da Đỏ==
Shafter served as a 1st lieutenant the [[UnionQuân Armyđội Liên bang Miền Bắc]]'s [[7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] at the battles of [[Battle ofTrận Ball's Bluff|Ball's Bluff]] and [[Battle ofTrận Fair Oaks|Fair Oaks]]. He was wounded at the [[Battle ofTrận Fair Oaks]] and later received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the battle. He led a charge on the first day of the battle and was wounded towards the close of that day's fighting. In order to stay with his regiment he concealed his wounds, fighting on the second day of the battle. On August 22, 1862 he was mustered out of the volunteer service but returned to the field as major in the [[19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]. He was captured at the [[Battle ofTrận Thompson's Station]] and spent 3 months in a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] prison. In April 1864 after his release he was appointed colonel of the 17th Regiment of [[United States Colored Troops|U.S. Colored Troops]] and led the regiment at the [[Battle ofTrận Nashville]].
 
By the end of the war, he had been promoted to [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general of volunteers]]. He stayed in the [[Regular Army (United States)|regular army]] when the war ended. During his subsequent service in the [[Indian Wars]], he received his "Pecos Bill" nickname. He led the 24th Infantry, another [[United States Colored Troops]] regiment, in campaigns against the [[Cheyenne]], [[Comanche]], [[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] and [[Kiowa]] Indians in [[Texas]]. While commander of [[Fort Davis National Historic Site|Fort Davis]], he started a controversial court-martial of second lieutenant [[Henry Flipper]], the first black cadet to graduate from West Point. In May 1897 he was appointed as a [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]].