George Morton Randall

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George Morton Randall
October 8, 1841(1841-10-08) – June 14, 1918 (aged 76)
Place of birth	Conneaut, Ohio
Place of death	Denver, Colorado
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1861–1905
Rank	Brigadier General of Volunteers
Unit	4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 14th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment 8th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Gains' Mills Battle of Malvern Hill Second Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Antietam Battle of Fort Stedman Indian Wars Battle of Turret Peak Powder River Expedition

George Morton Randall (8 October 1841 – 14 June 1918) was a general in the United States Army, noted for his service in the American Civil War and Indian Wars.

1 Civil War
2 Indian Wars
3 Alaska and the Philippines
4 References

[edit] Civil War

Born in Conneaut, Ohio, Randall enlisted as a private in the 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the fall of 1861. He served in New York and Washington, DC, and in the field with the Army of the Potomac. He was a 2nd Lieutenant at the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Gains' Mills, Battle of Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run (where he commanded Company C), and Fredericksburg; and a 1st Lieutenant at the Battle of the Wilderness. He was brevetted Captain for gallant service in the Battle of Antietam. He served as a Major in the 14th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, part of Major General George Meade's IX Corps on the Richmond-Petersburg Front in 1864. He was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, and then Colonel for gallantry in the Battle of Fort Stedman.

[edit] Indian Wars

In 1873 he served under General George Crook in Arizona during the Tonto Basin campaign. On March 27, 1873 he led a small force that attacked a group of Yavapai Indians in the Battle of Turret Peak. On April 25th, he led a force that surrounded the camp of Tonto Apache chief Delshay on upper Canyon Creek. Delshay surrendered when the troops started firing, the last of the Apache war chiefs to surrender and move to a reservation. He also served with General Crook in the 1876 Powder River Expedition during the Black Hills War. From 1879 to 1880, Randall commanded Fort Reno in Oklahoma.

[edit] Alaska and the Philippines

In January 1900, in response to large numbers of immigrants flooding into the Alaskan Territory in search of gold, President William McKinley assigned Randall, now a colonel, to command an army division there. He was later promoted to general, and served at New York and Knoxville, Tennessee, prior to commanding the Department of Luzon in the Philippines from 1903 to 1905. After further duty in St. Louis, Missouri, General Randall retired on 8 October 1905, and died on 14 June 1918 in Denver, Colorado. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin.