Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967.Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C. S. A., Founder of Fort Holmes,
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Winter 1957;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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