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	Stephen W. Kearny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stephen Watts Kearny (August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848) was a United States Army officer, noted for action in the southwest during the Mexican-American War, in particular in the conquest of California.
		Kearny is pronounced "Kar-ney" (IPA pronunciation: [ˈkɑɹni]) and not "Ker-ney."
		Kearny appealed to Washington, and upon receiving confirmation of his authority took command, having Frémont relieved and arrested (he was later convicted at court-martial, but was quickly pardoned by the President).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_W._Kearny (896 words)

	Stephen W. Kearny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey and began studies at Columbia College in 1811, leaving school at the outbreak of the War of 1812 to join the Army.
		Kearny was put in command of the Army of the West in May of 1846, and was soon afterward promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
		Kearny appealed to Washington, and upon receiving confirmation of his authority took command, having Frémont relieved and arrested (he was later convicted at court-martial).
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Kearny%2c_Stephen_Watts (503 words)

	PHILIPKEARNY, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His mother died when Kearny was only 9 years old, and the young boy grew up with his mother's father, a wealthy and socially prominent man. Young Kearny's uncle, Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, was a US dragoon, and his influence on young Kearny sowed the seeds of military interest in the boy.
		Kearny fought in the Mexican War, and was wounded so seriously that he had to have his left arm amputated.
		The Kearny Medal was given to officers who had served with honor while Kearny had still been in command, while the Kearny Cross was given to enlisted men of the division.
	www.multied.com /Bio/UGENS/USAKearny.html (374 words)

	Philip Kearny - LoveToKnow 1911
		PHILIP KEARNY (1815-1862), American soldier, was born in New York on the 2nd of June 1815, and was originally intended for the legal profession.
		He graduated at Columbia University (1833), but his bent was decidedly towards soldiering, and in 1837 he obtained a commission in the cavalry regiment of which his uncle, (General) Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848), was colonel and Lieutenant Jefferson Davis adjutant.
		After six more years' service Kearny left the army, but almost immediately afterwards he rejoined, bringing with him a company of cavalry, which he had raised and equipped chiefly at his own expense, to take part in the Mexican war.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Philip_Kearny (412 words)

	General_Phillip_Kearny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kearny was born in New York, June 2, 1815 and after his mother died when he was 9, he spent his childhood and youth with his maternal grandfather, a man of wealth and high social position.
		Kearny's uncle, Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, was a U.S. dragoon and Philip favored a military life, but his grandfather, who had lost all his sons, persuaded him to go to Columbia University. After graduating in 1833, Kearny traveled widely.
		Major General Phillip Kearny, former Commander of the 1st Division, III Corps, was killed in the Battle of Chantilly on 1 Sep 1862.
	www.saviello.com /General_Phillip_Kearny.html (467 words)

	General Philip Kearny
		Perhaps it was Kearny's success in the saddle, or perhaps he was influenced by his famous uncle, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny, but he gradually began to consider a career in the military.
		Kearny called on the assistance of his uncle, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny, as well as the even more prestigious General Winfield Scott, who he had met and impressed while in school.
		Kearny was one of those chosen, perhaps due to the fact that his uncle Stephen made the selections.
	www.njhm.com /kearny.htm (1623 words)

	STEPHEN WATTS KEARNY
		Stephen Watts Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1794 into a family whose ancestors came primarily from Ireland where the name was O'Kearny.
		Kearny's position was ultimately upheld and Fremont, who had refused to obey his superior officer, was later court martialed and resigned from the army.
		Kearny built more frontier posts than any contemporary, led some of the longest marches in American history, and brought law and order to vast portions of the country that had previously known little of either.
	www.bchs.us /BTales_197901.htm (1213 words)

	General Stephen Kearny
		The differences between General Kearny and Commodore Stockton, after the occupation of California, originated primarily in the indefiniteness of the instructions which were issued from the seat of government.
		Just as he had crossed the desert and was approaching the American frontier, he was met by General Kearny, with a small force of dragoons, marching westward, under instructions from his government to conquer California and organize a civil government in the territory, a work which had already been successfully accomplished.
		General Kearny was instructed to conquer the country, and upon its threshold his command had been nearly cut to pieces, and, but for relief from him (Commodore Stockton), would have been destroyed.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /mexican-war/general-stephen-kearny.htm (3113 words)

	Stephen_Watts_Kearny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Stephen Watts Kearny (August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848) was a United States Army officer, noted for action in the southwest during the Mexican American War, in particular in the conquest of California.
		Kearny attended public schools and began studies at Columbia College in 1811, leaving school after two years at the outbreak of the War of 1812 to join the Army.
		Kearny, a major street in downtown San Francisco is also named for him.
	www.yournursery.com /search.php?title=Stephen_Watts_Kearny (786 words)

	Fort Kearny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the western U.S. during the middle and late 19th century.
		The first post, Fort Kearny, was established in the spring of 1848 "near the head of the Grand Island" along the Platte River by Lieutenant Daniel P. Woodbury.
		In 1838, Kearny had scouted the area along the Missouri River at the mouth of Table Creek near present-day Nebraska City looking for a suitable location for an outpost to protect westward travelers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Kearny (1681 words)

	Culture Corner: Uncovering the History of Stephen Watts Kearny May 23, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kearny served as a Lieutenant and Captain in the Battle of Queenstown Heights during the War of 1812 in which he was both injured and imprisoned briefly.
		Kearny's new priority was to organize a regiment of cavalry, when his government asked him to build many forts and barracks through the Midwest.
		Kearny was a very important factor to the United States because he led the Army of the West, when the Mexican War broke out.
	kearny.sandi.net /galaxy/galaxy2002_2003/may_23_2003/Article_Pages/kearny.htm (717 words)

	Kearny, Stephen Watts - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Kearny, Stephen Watts
		During the Mexican War 1846–48, he was the military governor of New Mexico and joined in the conquest of California 1847 becoming military governor.
		Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Columbia University.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Kearny%2c+Stephen+Watts (143 words)

	Stephen Watts Kearny
		On the morning of December 6 Kearny attacked Pico at San Pasqual and was badly mauled by the Californios.
		Even though Kearny's rank as a brigadier general was superior to Stockton's rank as a Commodore, Kearny proposed to serve as troop commander (under Stockton as commander-in-chief of the territory) in the campaign to retake Los Angeles in as much as most of the force involved were naval personnel.
		On January 17 Kearny wrote a letter to the commodore saying that in as much as he was unable to carry out the orders that he had received from the President of the United States he was moving to Monterey in order to avoid further conflict with Stockton.
	www.inn-california.com /Articles/biographic/stephenwattskearny2.html (853 words)

	Col. Stephen Watts Kearny
		Kearny was born August 30, 1794 in Newark New Jersey, but he lived in the wild and uncharted West during most of his remarkable 36 years of service.
		Kearny's military career began, and nearly ended in the Battle of Queenstown Heights during the War of 1812, when he was wounded and taken prisoner.
		Kearny's weary men were overwhelmed by the primitively armed resistance in the Battle of San Pasqual.
	rip.physics.unk.edu /Kearney/SWK.html (705 words)

	The Biography of Philip Kearny
		Kearny's courage earned him the respect of his soldiers and fellow officers alike, the greatest of which came from General-in-Chief Winfield Scott who called him "the bravest and most perfect soldier" he had ever known.
		Kearny's newly assigned troops were immediately engaged in the battle at Yorktown and then at Williamsburg where the general bravely led the charge, sword in hand, reins in his teeth.
		Philip Kearny's loss would be felt deeply by many on both sides of the war, for a number of the officers in the Confederacy had been comrades of his during the Mexican War and regarded him with the highest respect.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/6732/files/kearny1.html (2504 words)

	Googlism where is kearny
		kearny is situated in hudson county on a ridge between the passaic and hackensack rivers and has a population in excess of 32
		kearny is situated in hudson county on a ridge between the passaic and hackensa
		kearny is the nephew of stephen watts kearny
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	Fort Kearny - The Rest of the Story, Part I
		Kearny was accompanied by a number of soldiers who later distinguished themselves in the Civil War, including his nephew Philip Kearny.
		General Stephen Watts Kearny had been given orders early in 1838 to establish a fort to protect the settlers and peaceful Indians along the westward trails and had established and served briefly at a site on the Table Creek near today’s Nebraska City.
		Kearny’s original recommendation was for a roving mounted patrol rather than a stationary base to show an organized and powerful military presence to the various Indian tribes.
	bchs.kearney.net /BTales_200001.htm (2028 words)

	The U.S.-Mexican War . Biographies . Colonel Stephen W. Kearny \| PBS
		New Jersey native Stephen W. Kearny was born in 1794, joined the army during the War of 1812, and served in a variety of frontier duties in the decades after that war.
		Kearny was slightly wounded at the Mexican victory of San Pascual, but was able to restore U.S. control by the middle of January 1847.
		Kearny served as military governor until the summer of 1847, when he traveled to Washington D.C., hailed as the conqueror of California.
	www.pbs.org /kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/stephen_kearny.html (282 words)

	Kearny, Stephen Watts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A dispute arose between Kearny and Stockton as to the chief command, and Col. John C. Frémont, appointed civil governor of California by Stockton, refused to obey Kearny's orders.
		Kearny was military governor of the territory until the end of May, 1847.
		Afterward he went to Mexico, where he was governor of Veracruz and then of Mexico City for brief periods in 1848.
	www.coolencyclopedia.com /words/Kearny%2C+Stephen+Watts (212 words)

	Lawrence Kearny
		In 1845 he accompanied his uncle, General Kearny, on the march to the South Pass, which was the first expedition that penetrated so far from settlements into the Indian country.
		After their rejection by these authorities and those of New York state, his claims were pressed by New Jersey, and he was made brigadier-general on 17 May, 1861, and assigned to the command of the 1st New Jersey brigade in General William B. Franklin's division of the Army of the Potomac.
		General Kearny was present at the battle of Williamsburg, where his timely arrival changed the repulse into a victory, and served through the engagements in the peninsula, then with the Army of Virginia from the Rapidan to Warrenton.
	www.famousamericans.net /lawrencekearny (1454 words)

	Kearny, Philip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and given command of the 1st New Jersey Brigade.
		Kearny fought in the Peninsular campaign and at the second battle of Bull Run.
		Kearny was noted for his courage and dash and was idolized by his men.
	www.coolencyclopedia.com /words/Kearny%2C+Philip (259 words)

	Stephen Watts Kearny
		Stephen Watts Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 30, 1794.
		Stephen's father, Philip Kearny III, was a loyalist and was jailed in 1776 for his pro-British political views.
		In 1819 Captain Kearny was assigned to the Sixth Infantry and transferred to Council Bluffs as part of President Monroe's effort to establish control of the northwestern frontier.
	www.inn-california.com /articles/biographic/stephenwattskearny.html (885 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kearny, Stephen Watts
		Kearny, Stephen Watts KEARNY, STEPHEN WATTS [Kearny, Stephen Watts] 1794-1848, American general in the Mexican War, b.
		Kearny, Philip KEARNY, PHILIP [Kearny, Philip] 1814-62, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
		Kearny, Lawrence KEARNY, LAWRENCE [Kearny, Lawrence], 1789-1868, American naval officer, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Kearny,+Stephen+Watts (340 words)

	BookRags: Stephen Watts Kearny Biography
		Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848), American soldier, played an important role in the conquest of New Mexico and California during the Mexican War.
		Stephen W. Kearny was born on Aug. 30, 1794, in Newark, N.J. After attending common school in Newark and Columbia College, he joined the Army as a first lieutenant in 1812.
		Shortly after the outbreak of war with Mexico in 1846, Kearny was named brigadier general and placed in command of the Army of the West.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/stephen-watts-kearny (411 words)

	Kearny High School Alumni Association - About Us
		In 1995, Mike Lorch, Principal at Stephen Watts Kearny Senior High School(1990-1996) wanted to do something for the students that would instill in them the desire to apply themselves to succeed in their years at Kearny and as adults.
		Kearny has undergone many changes and we are constantly working with the administration and faculty to determine how we can best help our Alma Mater, it's students and the community of Komets.
		If you attended Kearny High School and are not yet a member of the association, please consider joining us.
	www.kearnyalumni.org /aboutus.asp (757 words)

	Stephen Watts Kearny
		On March 1, 1847, Commodore Shubrick and General Kearny issued a joint circular clarifying the authority of both and making it clear that Kearny was in charge of establishing the civil government of the new territory.
		On March 6 Kearny issued a proclamation announcing that he was the governor of California as well as commander of the newly created Tenth Military District.
		Kearny was, of course, a witness in Fremont's court-martial and participated in the controversial trial from November 2, 1847, through January 31, 1848.
	www.inn-california.com /articles/biographic/stephenwattskearny3.html (527 words)

	Kearny, Stephen Watts, US General, 1794-1848
		Born in New Jersey on 30 August 1794, Kearny left college to join the army during the War of 1812, during which he rose to the rank of captain.
		Kearny's expedition was the first to take a wagon train across the Rocky Mountains, but when he reached southern California he found his information to be out of date.
		They fought on 6 December (battle of San Pascual), and although Kearny kept the field, his route to the sea was still blocked until a force of marines from San Diego reached him (10 December).
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/people_kearny.html (403 words)

	The Unknown Kearny - January, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On August 30, 1794, Stephen Watts Kearny was born in Newark, N.J., where he went to school and later went on to Columbia College.
		The new fort was 197 miles from old Fort Kearny and only two or three miles from the head of the Grand Island.
		In its 23 years of existence, Fort Kearny became an important factor for the development of the West and became a headquarter of military and civil government, a home of the Pawnee Scouts, a homestation of the Pony Express, and more.
	kearny.sandi.net /galaxy/galaxy9899/january99/kearny.htm (649 words)

	Kearny, Arizona The Copper Capital of the World!
		Kearny was born directly as a result of copper, as the original towns of Ray, Sonora, and Barcelona were consumed by the open mine pit in the late 1950's.
		Families were moved 10 miles to the East to start the new town named after Stephen Watts Kearny, a famous general of the Mexican-American War.
		The town of Kearny, named after Stephen Watts Kearny, who travelled through the area around 1846 on the way to California along the Gila River, was created in 1958 to provide housing to the residents of Ray, Barcelona, and Sonora AZ ten miles down the road.
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