With his staff, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbot, who was a lieutenant when the war started, inspected the impenetrable defenses of the recently abandoned Confederate fort at Drewry’s Bluff above the James River in April 1865.
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Pancho Villa was the only outlaw whom revolutionary leader Abraham González asked to join Francisco Madero’s movement to overthrow Mexican dictator Porfiro Díaz. Quite possibly, González had promised Villa amnesty for his desertion from the federal army and his killing of bandit-turned-police informant Claro Reza. In March 1911, Villa (fifth from left) joined Madero at his headquarters, the Bustillos hacienda west of Chihuahua City, Mexico, where this photo is believed to have been taken.
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After Geronimo surrendered his Chiricahua band to Brig. Gen. Crook’s troops on March 27, 1886, 11-year-old Santiago McKinn, missing and presumed dead for six months, was discovered living as a captive of the Apaches. He would be reunited with his family and live until the 1950s.
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Wyatt Earp stands next to a 1926 Packard Model 326 “Opera Coupe” that is believed to have been owned by silent film actor William S. Hart. Tom Mix preferred flashier cars and spared no expense when he went out on the town with Wyatt—the actor was making $7,500 a week at Fox, with virtually no income tax!
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