Person

James H. Carleton

Officer in the U. S. Army and a general in the Union army during the American Civil War and Union Army general during the American Civil War

b. 1814 CE – d. 1873 CE World The Far West

James Henry Carleton (December 27, 1814 – January 7, 1873) is an officer in the U. S. Army and a general in the Union army during the American Civil War.

Carleton is most well known as an Indian fighter in the southwestern United States.