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Photo Book of General Henry Ware Lawton (1843-1899) and of the Spanish American War

Lawton's early years

• Henry W. Lawton at 17 years of age

• Henry W. Lawton at 20 years of age, Civil War era as a Lieutenant

• Henry W. Lawton at 21 years of age, Civil War era (1864) as a Captain

• Henry W. Lawton at 27 years of age, as First Lieutenant in the 24th US Infantry. Photograph taken at Piedras Negras, Mexico, January 27, 1870

Lawton as an Indian Fighter

• Henry W. Lawton Captain in the Fourth US Cavalry at age 37

• Lawton on the Trail  Sketch by Remington of Lawton in pursuit of Geronimo. 

• Group Photo near Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1880s, includes the ladies.  This photo is from a private collection of General Lawton's great granddaughter, and is used with her gracious permission, and is thus to be found nowhere else in publication.

In Cuba, Spanish-American War

• General Lawton "Near the Rough Rider's Battlefield at Las Guasimas," shortly after battle, Cuba, June 24, 1898

• Conference soon after Rough Rider's fight, Las Guasimas, June 24, 1898 and a week before the joint battles in Cuba of  San Juan Hill & El Caney.  Sitting in the grass with General Wheeler, Theodore Roosevelt and others.

• General Lawton Conferring With Cuban Officers,  1898  a rare photo in the Cuban campaign

• Stone Fort, El Caney, showing hill up which Gen. Lawton's forces charged

• El Caney, Cuba, —from the Fort.  Scene of Lawton's glorious victory

The Philippine Insurrection, Spanish-American War

• Admiral Dewey advising General Lawton in regard to the Philippine Campaign
• General Lawton at his Desk
• General Lawton in the Field
• General Lawton supervising the departure of his troops on the Santa Cruz Expedition (sketch)
• General Lawton on his launch entering Laguna de Bay with his troops and cascoes following (sketch)
• Cascoes, with soldiers for General Lawton's Campaign, towed by the "Tin Clad" "Laguna de Bay" up the Pasig River to Lake Laguna de Bay
• Picking up the dead and wounded after the bloody battle of Santa Cruz (sketch)
• General Lawton fearlessly leading his troops, under fire, across the iron bridge leading to Santa Cruz (sketch)
• General Lawton & Staff (Mt. Arayat Expedition)
• General Lawton giving instructions on the ammunition-float, Arayat
• Angeles, through which General Lawton passed through on his famous trip to the north culminating at Mount Arayat
• Angeles, With Mount Arayat in the distance, the farthest point north reached by General Lawton on his flying campaign.
• Natives clamoring at Provost Marshal's headquarters for passes to leave San Fernando, after Lawton captured the place.
• Road leaving San Fernando and bridge over which Lawton passed in his northern campaign, in pursuit of Aguinaldo
• View on the San Juan River north of San Fernando, on the route of General Lawton's northward journey
• Lawton's troops at mess—soldiers destitute of shoes and hats, some without overshirts.
• Calamba, on Laguna de Bay, the first town captured by Lawton during his last campaign
• Filipino prisoners captured by General Lawton amusing themselves at Fort Santiago, Manila.
• General Lawton's "Bull Train" with provisions and halted on the road for rest.
• Hardships of Lawton's campaign in the rainy season.
• The Monument to Aguinaldo, at Pagsanjan
• Incidents of General Lawton's Second Advance on San Isidro
• General Lawton and Major Howard at Calumpit
• Lawton going aboard the armored launch "Florida" at Calumpit, October 16, 1899
• General & Mrs. Lawton with son Manley at Calamba, the morning after the city was captured.
• Major Gen. Henry W. Lawton taking a rest after the capture of Malolos, P.I.
• Resting by the way, Lawton's expedition, P.I.   (soldiers only)
• General Lawton with his horse (great photo, from the cover of Leslie's Weekly Jan 6 1900)
• Home Rule Organizing the local government at Las Piñas
• Last known photo of General Lawton, on the way to San Mateo

The Death of General Lawton 

• The death of General Lawton at San Mateo.—He died for his country (sketch)

• A Dying General, a drawing of the death of General Lawton 

• Mrs. Culbertson's Telegram to the War Department requesting confirmation of General Lawton's death

The Funeral in Manila: (Dec 1899)

• Ambulance bringing the General's remains to the city

• The body lying in state

• Cemetery at Paco, where our brave heroes are buried. —This is near San Mateo, where General Lawton was killed.

• Arrival at the Gate of the Paco Cemetery

• General Lawton's Remains, Paco Cemetery Chapel 

• Group of Officers at the gate of the Paco Cemetery

• Officers of General Lawton's staff placing the casket on the caisson

• The foreign consuls

• Final Instructions

• The two companies of Filipino police which led the procession

• The funeral caisson followed by General Lawton's horse

• Caisson bearing Gen. Lawton's Remains on the Luneta 

• The procession passing along the sea-coast road

• Officers of General Lawton's staff placing the body on board the "Thomas"

Arrival of the body in San Francisco: (01 Feb. 1900)

• The Funeral Caisson on Market Street

• Wreaths Presented by Prominent Filipinos (on The Thomas)

• Chaplain Pierce, "Who will conduct the burial services at Arlington"

Funeral in Washington, DC: (09 Feb. 1900)

• Remains of General Lawton Lying in State, Church of the Covenant

• Pall Bearers Bringing General Lawton's Casket from the Church

• General Lawton's Flower-Covered Casket Resting on the Caisson Just Before the Procession Started

• General Lawton's Imposing Funeral Cortège Passing Down Connecticut Avenue

• The Rev. Charles C. Pierce, General Lawton's Chaplain in the Philippines, Reading the Impressive Episcopal Burial-Service at the Grave, Arlington Cemetery

Home Life

• General Lawton's entrance hall at his home in Redlands, CA.  Shows a number of his souvenirs from the Indian wars.

• General Lawton's Library, where the General worked

• General Lawton's Family (on our Little Colonel web site)

Monuments to General Lawton 

Lawton Links on our sites
Topics on General Lawton 
The General Lawton Photo  & Sketch Album:
General Lawton, "Uncle Henry" to the Two Little Knights of Kentucky
General Lawton's Family
Lawton's Reception in Louisville, 1898
Death of General Lawton Dec 19, 1899 - Newspaper reports
(includes a longer biography)

Other Links:
Henry W. Lawton, Forgotten Warrior
The site above promises to soon be the most comprehensive site on General Lawton on the net
Geronimo's Surrender - Skeleton Canyon, 1886
Chronology of the Spanish American War
Arlington Cemetary web site, more biography and grave site photo
www.archive.org (if links are dead, you may find them archived here)