Person

William S. Harney

cavalry officer in the U.S. Army

b. 1800 CE – d. 1899 CE World The Atlantic Lands

William Selby Harney (22 August 1800 – 9 May 1889) is a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars.

He was born in what is today part of Nashville, Tennessee but at the time was known as Haysborough.

Moran, J. (2017). William S. Harney. History Atlas. Retrieved 15 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/william-s-harney/

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