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          MACKENZIE, RANALD (1840-1889)

          Ranald Slidell Mackenzie was one of the most capable officers in the frontier army and would probably be one of the most famous were it not for the circumstances of his retirement and death.

          He was born in Portland, a son of John K. and Mary Rollins MacKenzie.

        1. He was born in Portland, a son of John K. and Mary Rollins MacKenzie.
        2. Mackenzie left New Zealand in with the 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles.
        3. Brief Life History of Ronald Albert.
        4. Once called the "Fighting Colonel" of the Texas frontier, Ranald S. Mackenzie in the brief years of his career through the s and early s secured.
        5. 9 Jul Portland, Cumberland Co, Maine birth0 · 06/14/ Portland, Maine, USA ; Ronald Mackenzie.

          6. Mackenzie was born on July 27, 1840, near Tarrytown, New York. He entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1858 and graduated first in his class in 1862. During the Civil War, Mackenzie gained a reputation for bravery and distinguished leadership and finished the war with the rank of major general.

          After the war, Mackenzie served briefly with the Army Corps of Engineers before being assigned to a field command.

          In 1871 he was given command of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment with the rank of colonel. In the next few years Mackenzie pioneered the use of large bodies of troops on the Llano Estacado in Texas, fought several engagements with Comanches and Kiowas, and led a controversial raid on a Kickapoo village in northern Mexico.

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