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John Gregory Bourke
John Gregory Bourke
Born(1846-06-23)June 23, 1846
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedJune 8, 1896(1896-06-08) (aged 49)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Place of burial
Arlington National Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Union
Service/branchJohn Gregory Bourke United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1862–1896
Rank Captain
UnitPennsylvania 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry
3rd U.S. Cavalry
Commands heldChief of Scouts during the Apache Wars
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
  • Stones River
  • Chickamauga

Great Sioux War of 1876

  • Battle of Powder River
  • Battle of Prairie Dog Creek
  • Battle of Rosebud
  • Battle of Slim Buttes

Apache Wars

Garza Revolution
AwardsJohn Gregory Bourke Medal of Honor
Other workwriter

John Gregory Bourke (/bɜːrk/; June 23, 1846 – June 8, 1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and Reconstruction Era author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until his death.

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John Gregory Bourke (/bɜːrk/; June 23, 1846 – June 8, 1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and Reconstruction Era author;...

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John Bourke

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Scatology

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tapeworms. A comprehensive study of scatology was documented by John Gregory Bourke under the title Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891), with a 1913...

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Battle of the Rosebud

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vary widely. Crook said he had 10 killed and 21 wounded. His aide John Gregory Bourke added that 4 of the wounds were mortal and gave total casualties...

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Battle of Powder River

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ammunition stored in the tipis, they exploded. First Lieutenant John Gregory Bourke, General Crook's aide-de-camp, commented on the richness of the goods...

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Mickey Free

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Arcadia. ISBN 978-0738579122. Bourke, John Gregory (2003). Charles M. Robinson (ed.). The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke: November 20, 1872-July 28, 1876...

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Flatulence

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000 in one day. A farting game named Touch Wood was documented by John Gregory Bourke in the 1890s. It existed under the name of Safety in the 20th century...

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List of Medal of Honor recipients educated at the United States Military Academy

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Michael J. Daly, Roger Donlon, and James A. Gardner. Two graduates, John Gregory Bourke (class of 1869) and Calvin Pearl Titus (class of 1905), received...

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Crow people

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Inquiry. Lincoln. Porter, Joseph C. (1986): Paper Medicine Man. John Gregory Bourke and His American West. Norman and London. Pearson, Jeffrey V.: Nelson...

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Yellow Bear

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Scouts, National Archives. Charles M. Robinson III, The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke, vol. 2 (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2005) p. 155...

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Santuario de Guadalupe

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in 1846, it was little-used and in disrepair. A visitor in 1881, John Gregory Bourke, wrote It shows great age in its present condition quite as much...

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Chiricahua

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ceremonially prepared cattail pollen, is used in many Chiricahuan rituals. John Gregory Bourke recorded that the Chiricahua offered hoddentin to the sun, threw...

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Catarino Garza

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domestic warfare. Leading the suppression was U.S. Army captain John Gregory Bourke, who said, “The cheapest thing to do is to shoot them down wherever...

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Big Horn Expedition

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Lieutenant John Burgess Johnson, Company E, 3rd Cavalry First Lieutenant Augustus Chouteau Paul, Company M, 3rd Cavalry Second Lieutenant John Gregory Bourke, Aide-de-camp...

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Arikara scouts

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Anthropology, University of Southern California. Porter, Joseph C. (1986): Paper Medicine Man. John Gregory Bourke and His American West. Norman and London....

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List of United States Military Academy alumni

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2016. "St. Pete Beach mayor resigns". Hodge, F. W. (July 1896). "John Gregory Bourke". American Anthropologist. 9 (7): 245–248. doi:10.1525/aa.1896.9...

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Friedrich Salomon Krauss

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Austria. His translations include Scatalogic Rites of All Nations by John Gregory Bourke. He was an elected International Member of the American Philosophical...

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Lewis Charles Levin

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was merely rhetorical and opportunistic. The explorer and soldier John Gregory Bourke (1846–1896), whose devoutly Catholic family were friends and neighbors...

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List of Irish Americans

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McGroarty Robert Nugent (officer) John McCausland Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Peter O'Brien (Medal of Honor) John Gregory Bourke Edmond Butler Henry D. O'Brien...

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Cannabis in Texas

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years to life in prison. Possession was banned statewide in 1931. John Gregory Bourke described the use of "mariguan", which he identifies as Cannabis...

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Crazy Horse

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records, he died before midnight, making it September 5, 1877. John Gregory Bourke's memoir of his service in the Indian wars, On the Border with Crook...

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