Obituary of General F. C. Armstrong, Sebastian Co, Ar

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New York Times, Sep. 9, 1909 - Gen. F. C. Armstrong Dead, Confederate Veteran
and Ex-Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Bar Harbor, Me. - Sep. 8 - Gen. Frank
Crawford Armstrong of Washington died today at the cottage of his daughter, Mrs.
A. Archibald Barklis. His death was due to old age. He was born at Choctaw
Agency, Indian Territory, in 1835. He was educated at the Holy Cross College in
Worcester, Mass., and in 1854 went to Texas to live with his stepfather, Gen. P.
F. Smith. In the following year he accompanied Gen. Smith on a trip across the
state. For bravery in an encounter with Indians on this trip he was appointed
Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Dragoons. At the outbreak of the civil war, Gen.
Armstrong resigned his command to join the Confederate army. He was appointed
Adjutant General by Jefferson Davis and was put in command of a company of
troops under Gen. McCulloch in Arkansas. He participated in several of the
important battles in Miss. and Alabama. Troops under his command captured
Federal camps at Courtland, Alabama. In 1863 he was made Brigadier General and
assigned to a brigade under Gen. Van Dorn, and later Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. He
participated in the Tennessee campaign and took an important part at
Chickamauga. He served under Gen. Wheeler until the close of the war. When the
war ended, he returned to Texas, where he became engaged in the Overland Mail
service. From 1854 to 1859 he served as U. S. Indian Inspector. He moved to
Mexico, where he was in mining operations, and then to Washington in 1893 to
become Asst. Commissioner of Indian Affarirs. He served in this capacity for two
years before retiring to private life. Buried Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington,
D.C. - Born Nov. 22, 1835.

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