place_of_death william mcbryar
___MASK43___ , officially the Free and Sovereign State of ___MASK43___ , is one of 31 states that , with Mexico City , comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico . It is divided into 72 municipalities ; the capital city is Hermosillo . ___MASK43___ is located in Northwest Mexico , bordered by the states of Chihuahua to the east , ___MASK1___ California to the northwest and Sinaloa to the south . To the north , it shares the U . S . Mexico border with the states of Arizona and New Mexico , and on the west has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of California . Cavalry ( from French " cavalerie ", cf . " cheval " ' horse ') or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback . Cavalry were historically the ___MASK24___ mobile of the combat arms . An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations such as cavalryman , horseman , dragoon or trooper . The designation of cavalry was not usually given to any military forces that used other animals , such as camels , mules or elephants . Infantry who moved on horseback , but dismounted to fight on foot , were known in the 17th and early 18th centuries as dragoons , a class of mounted infantry which later evolved into cavalry proper while retaining their historic title . William McBryar ( February 14 , 1861 -- ___MASK13___ 8 , 1941 ) was a ___MASK49___ Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration -- the Medal of Honor -- for his actions during the Cherry Creek Campaign in Arizona Territory . McBryar joined the Army from ___MASK59___ City and by ___MASK13___ 7 , 1890 was serving as a Sergeant in Company K of the 10th Cavalry Regiment . On that day , he participated in an engagement in Arizona where he `` ( d ) istinguished himself for coolness , bravery and marksmanship while his troop was in pursuit of hostile Apache Indians . '' For his actions , Sergeant McBryar was awarded the Medal of Honor two months later , on May 15 , 1890 . McBryar later became a commissioned officer and left the Army as a First Lieutenant . He died at age 80 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington County , Virginia . ___MASK66___ ( or ) is a state in the western United States . It became the 45th state admitted to the U . S . on January 4 , 1896 . ___MASK66___ is the 13th - largest by area , 31st - ___MASK24___ - populous , and 10th - least - densely populated of the 50 United States . ___MASK66___ has a population of more than 3 million ( Census estimate for July 1 , 2016 ), approximately 80 % of whom live along the Wasatch ___MASK65___ , centering on the state capital ___MASK44___ . ___MASK66___ is bordered by Colorado to the east , Wyoming to the northeast , Idaho to the north , Arizona to the south , and Nevada to the west . It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast . The Congress of the Confederation , or the Confederation Congress , formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled , was the governing body of the ___MASK70___ that existed from March 1 , 1781 , to March 4 , 1789 . It comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures or assemblies of the several states . It was preceded by the Second Continental Congress ( 1775  1781 ) and governed under the newly adopted " Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ", which were proposed 1776  1777 , adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1778 and finally agreed to by a unanimous vote of all thirteen states by 1781 , held up by a long dispute over the cession of western territories beyond the Appalachian Mountains to the central government led by Maryland and a coalition of smaller states without western claims . The newly reorganized Congress at the time continued to refer itself as the Continental Congress throughout its eight - year history , although modern historians separate it from the earlier bodies , which operated under slightly different rules and procedures until the later part of American Revolutionary War . The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created by the ratification of the Articles of Confederation . It had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress , namely Charles Thomson . The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States as provided for in the Constitution of the United States , proposed September 17 , 1787 , in ___MASK80___ and ratified by the states through 1787 to 1788 and even into 1789 and 1790 . ___MASK14___ is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County , Kansas , immediately north of the city of Leavenworth in the upper northeast portion of the state . Built in 1827 , it is the oldest active United States Army post west of Washington , D . C . and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas . ___MASK14___ has been historically known as the " Intellectual Center of the Army ". The Code of Laws of the ___MASK70___ ( variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States , United States Code , U . S . Code , or U . S . C .) is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States . It contains 52 titles , and a further three titles have been proposed . The main edition is published every six years by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives , and cumulative supplements are published annually . The official version of those laws not codified in the United States Code can be found in United States Statutes at Large . The ___MASK70___ has seven federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10 , and subsequently structured and organized by Title 10 , Title 14 , Title 32 and Title 42 of the United States Code . The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 . The ___MASK47___ faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America . The ___MASK47___ won the war , which remains the bloodiest in U . S . history . ___MASK41___ ( O ' odham : " Al onak " [ ai onak ]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also part of the Western United States and the Mountain West states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th ___MASK24___ populous of the 50 states . Its capital and largest city is Phoenix . ___MASK41___ is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New ___MASK8___ , Utah , Nevada , California , and ___MASK8___ , and one point in common with the southwestern corner of ___MASK91___ . ___MASK41___ ' s border with ___MASK8___ is 389 miles ( 626 km ) long , on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . ___MASK52___ ( Spanish for " snowy "; see pronunciations ) is a state in the Western , Mountain West , and Southwestern regions of the ___MASK70___ . ___MASK52___ is the 7th ___MASK24___ extensive , the 34th ___MASK24___ populous , and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States . Nearly three - quarters of ___MASK52___ ' s people live in Clark County , which contains the Las Vegas  ___MASK79___ metropolitan area where three of the state ' s four largest incorporated cities are located . ___MASK52___ ' s capital is Carson City . ___MASK52___ is officially known as the " Silver State " because of the importance of silver to its history and economy . It is also known as the " ___MASK16___ Born State ", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War ( the words " ___MASK16___ Born " also appear on the state flag ); as the " Sage - brush State ", for the native plant of the same name ; and as the " Sage - hen State ". ___MASK52___ borders Oregon to the northwest , Idaho to the northeast , California to the west , Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east . The American Revolutionary War ( 17751783 ), also referred to as the American War of ___MASK56___ and the Revolutionary War in the United States , was an armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American colonies that after onset of the war declared ___MASK56___ as the ___MASK70___ . The ___MASK95___ was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24 , 1863 until February 14 , 1912 , when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona . It was created from the western half of the New ___MASK8___ Territory during the American Civil War . ___MASK1___ California , officially the Free and Sovereign State of ___MASK1___ California , is a state in Mexico . It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which , with Mexico City , comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Before becoming a state in 1953 , the area was known as the North Territory of ___MASK1___ California (" El Territorio Norte de ___MASK1___ California "). It has an area of , or 3 . 57 % of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the ___MASK1___ California Peninsula , north of the 28th parallel , plus oceanic Guadalupe Island . The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by Sonora , the U . S . State of Arizona , and the Gulf of California ( also known as the " ___MASK82___ of Cortez "), and on the south by ___MASK1___ California Sur . Its northern limit is the U . S . state of California . ___MASK49___ Soldiers originally were members of the U . S . 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army , formed on September 21 , 1866 , at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . This nickname was given to the " Negro Cavalry " by the Native American tribes they fought in the Indian Wars . The term eventually became synonymous with all of the African American regiments formed in 1866 : ___MASK25___ is the ___MASK24___ populous state in the United States and the third ___MASK24___ extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., ___MASK25___ is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of ___MASK1___ ___MASK25___ . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is ___MASK25___ ' s ___MASK24___ populous city , and the country ' s second largest after ___MASK59___ City . The state also has the nation ' s ___MASK24___ populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the ___MASK70___ . Established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14 , 1775 , it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in their revolt against the rule of Great Britain . The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and troops that remained under control of the individual states or were otherwise independent . General ___MASK68___ Washington was the commander - in - chief of the army throughout the war . The Western United States , commonly referred to as the American West , the Far West , or simply the West , traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States . Because European settlement in the U . S . expanded westward after its founding , the meaning of the West has evolved over time . Prior to about 1800 , the ___MASK61___ of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier . The United States Army ( USA ) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land - based military operations . It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution , Article 2 , Section 2 , Clause 1 and United States Code , Title 10 , Subtitle B , Chapter 301 , Section 3001 . As the largest and senior branch of the U . S . military , the modern U . S . Army has its roots in the Continental Army , which was formed ( 14 June 1775 ) to fight the American Revolutionary War ( 1775  1783 ) before the U . S . was established as a country . After the Revolutionary War , the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 , to replace the disbanded Continental Army . The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army , and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775 . The Territory of New ___MASK8___ was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed ( with varying boundaries ) from September 9 , 1850 , until January 6 , 1912 , when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of New ___MASK8___ . ___MASK8___ (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the ___MASK92___ ; and to the east by the Gulf of ___MASK8___ . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), ___MASK8___ is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . ___MASK8___ is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . New ___MASK8___ is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America . It was admitted to the union as the 47th state on January 6 , 1912 . It is usually considered one of the Mountain States . New ___MASK8___ is fifth by area , the 36th - most populous , and the sixth - least densely populated of the 50 United States . ___MASK57___ is a U . S . state located in the Midwestern United States . Its capital is ___MASK90___ and its largest city is Wichita . ___MASK57___ is named after the Kansa Native American tribe , which inhabited the area . The tribe ' s name ( natively "") is often said to mean " people of the wind " or " people of the south wind ", although this was probably not the term ' s original meaning . For thousands of years , what is now ___MASK57___ was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes . Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys . Tribes in the western part of the state were semi - nomadic and hunted large herds of bison . The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of ___MASK91___ , southeastern corner of Utah , northeastern corner of Arizona , and northwestern corner of New Mexico . The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet , where the Four Corners Monument is located . It is the only location in the United States where four states meet . Most of the Four Corners region belongs to semi - autonomous Native American nations , the largest of which is the Navajo Nation , followed by Hopi , Ute , and Zuni tribal reserves and nations . The Four Corners region is part of a larger region known as the ___MASK91___ Plateau and is mostly rural , rugged , and arid . In addition to the monument , commonly visited areas within Four Corners include Monument Valley , Mesa Verde National Park , Chaco Canyon , and Canyon de Chelly National Monument . The most populous city in the Four Corners region is Farmington , New Mexico , followed by Durango , ___MASK91___ . ___MASK91___ is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the ___MASK91___ Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains . ___MASK91___ is part of the Western United States , the Southwestern United States , and the Mountain States . ___MASK91___ is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States . The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of ___MASK91___ was 5 , 456 , 574 on July 1 , 2015 , an increase of 8 . 50 % since the 2010 United States Census .