Lawton was among the first to respond to President Lincoln ’ s call for three-month volunteers.

Lawton was his company ’ s first sergeant but was promoted to 1st lieutenant on August 20.

Its first major engagement would be at the Battle of Shiloh where Lawton ’ s regiment suffered heavy losses.

Lawton wished for a Captain ’ s commission in the Army which was not forthcoming.

Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip Sheridan wrote recommendations supporting Lawton ’ s efforts to rejoin the Army.

Sheridan strongly urged Lawton to accept a 2nd lieutenant ’ s commission, which he did and he joined the 41st Infantry Regiment under the command of Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie July 31, 1867.

In recent memory, the only prime minister who has not accepted the commission's preferred candidate was Margaret Thatcher, who opposed James Lawton Thompson ’ s nomination as Bishop of Birmingham, due to his ( perceived ) liberal and left-leaning views.

Wheeler elected to send word back to Lawton for help and Lawton's unit rushed forward to extricate Wheeler from his difficulties.

Jacobson met Truman when the two reported to basic training at Fort Sill, near Lawton, Oklahoma, with a unit of soldiers from the Kansas City area.

His decision to join the United States Air Force for his active service was based on both the wonder of what the next fifty years may bring in aeronautics, and also to avoid accusations of nepotism if he joined the Army where, among other things, his uncle, General J. Lawton Collins, was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

Camp Lawton — also referred to as Fort Lawton — was built in what is today Magnolia Springs State Park ; the location was favorable because the springs provided potable water and because of its proximity to the Augusta and Savannah Railroad.

That same day, tornadoes also devastated the larger, nearby cities of Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Oklahoma.

The unincorporated community of Lawton is also located partially in the town.

It is situated around the shores of Whitmore Lake, and the CDP also includes the area around the smaller Horseshoe Lake to the south, Lawton Lake to the east and Monahan Lake to the northeast.

The unincorporated community of Lawton is also located partially in the town.

Its existence was also announced by Anthony Lawton and P Wright in 1989.

Kilpatrick abandoned his plans to destroy the railroad bridge and he also learned that the prisoners had been moved from Camp Lawton, so he rejoined the army at Louisville.

She became involved with Greg Sumner ( whom she also worked for ), police detective Tom Ryan, and also Pierce Lawton who tried to kill her.

Through the Lawton area and again from Randlett, Oklahoma to near downtown Wichita Falls, U. S. 277 is also co-signed with I-44.

She also acted several times opposite her second husband, actor Frank Lawton, including in the 1956 sitcom My Husband and I.

His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the army as a Major General.

He is also the founder of the Lawton Foundation.

The swale concept has also been popularized as a rainwater harvesting and soil conservation strategy by Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton and other advocates of permaculture.

The city of Lawton, Oklahoma, takes its name from General Lawton, and also a borough in the city of Havana, Cuba.

Lawton served for many years under Mackenzie, mainly as quartermaster, and also as close confidant.

While earning a reputation as a fierce and tenacious fighter, Lawton was also regarded as having compassion for the Indians.

Lawton also served as an advocate for the Indians on the reservation when he learned that the local Indian agency was short-changing the Indians on their food allotments.

Lawton also re-established commerce in the city and outlying areas, all the way to Havana.

Lawton also toured the country with President McKinley, and other dignitaries during the Peace Jubilee.

Kayne Lawton, Bodene Thompson and Selasi Berdie also made their NRL debut.

It was fought on December 19, 1899, near San Mateo in Morong ( now Rizal ) between the forces of General Henry Ware Lawton, and 200 Filipino riflemen under General Licerio Gerónimo.

Lawton fought in the American Civil War, later led the capture of the Apache warrior Geronimo, and died in the Philippines during the Spanish – American War.

The 1910 federal census for Comanche County, Oklahoma, enumerated on April 20, showed Henry and Anna living at 910 " D " Street in Lawton.

He spent 24 months at Fort Sill near Lawton, Oklahoma.

Confederate General James Longstreet was headquartered at Home Hill ( now the Lawton House on Lawton Street ) following the First Battle of Manassas.

Lawton is located at ( 48. 302955 ,-98. 364814 ).

The town was named for Major General Henry W. Lawton, a quartermaster at Fort Sill who had taken part in the pursuit and capture of Geronimo.

The United States entry into World War I accelerated growth at Fort Sill and Lawton.

Lawton is located at ( 34. 604444, − 98. 395833 ).

A musical theatre adaptation of " The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ", with book by Richard Lawton and Douglas Hicton, music and lyrics by Hicton, produced by John Chatterton, and directed by David Leidholdt, debuted Friday 13 July 2001 at the New 42nd Street Theatre in New York, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.

Lawton, S. J., announced his retirement as head of the university, effective at the end of the academic year in May 2010.

Miles selected Captain Henry Lawton, in command of B Troop, 4th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, and First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, to lead the expedition that brought Geronimo and his followers back to the reservation system for a final time.

Completely worn out, the little band of Apaches returned to the U. S. with Lawton and officially surrendered to General Miles on September 4, 1886 at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona.

In 1996 Microvitec were suffering significantly in the sector and the rights to the Creator application were sold to newly formed interactive whiteboard manufacturer Promethean after Mike Lawton ( the then Promethean MD ) saw Creator demonstrated at Ceebit in the same year.

Lawton did not arrive as scheduled, and no orders came from either Shafter or Wheeler and the troops waited at the base of the hill plagued by constant Spanish Mauser gunfire in areas dubbed " Hell's Pocket " and / or " Bloody Ford ".

On the night of August 14, 1944, the Fort Lawton Riot between black U. S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton near Seattle, Washington resulted in Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto being lynched, after which forty-three black soldiers were charged and twenty-eight were convicted of participating in the longest U. S. Army court-martial of World War II, prosecuted by Jaworski.

Kilpatrick was ordered to make a feint toward Augusta before destroying the railroad bridge at Brier Creek and moving to liberate the Camp Lawton prisoner of war camp at Millen.

General J. Lawton Collins aka " Lightning Joe Collins ", regarded Maurice Rose " as the top notch division commander in the business at the time of his death.

Pair of Lawton Chiles ' walking shoes on display at the Florida State Capitol.

The North Stars selected Modano as the first overall draft pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft at the age of 18, an honor shared by only five other Americans: Brian Lawton ( 1983 ), Bryan Berard ( 1995 ), Rick DiPietro ( 2000 ), Erik Johnson ( 2006 ), and Patrick Kane ( 2007 ).

After the end of the war in China, the command headquarters departed from Shanghai on 15 December 1945, being attached to Army Service Forces at Fort Lawton, Washington where the last personnel were demobilized and the command inactivated, being returned to HQ USAAF on 6 January 1946.

UIATF, which had previously avoided dealing with the BIA, now went through the National Congress of American Indians to approach the BIA and request a freeze on plans to transfer land at Fort Lawton until the issue between UIATF and the City was resolved.

He claimed to be semi-retired after wrestling in his last match in September 2006 against Jerry " The King " Lawler in an Extreme Rules match at The Great Plains Coliseum in Lawton, Oklahoma for the promotion Impact Zone Wrestling.