High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Henry Ware Lawton (March 17, 1843 - December 19, 1899) was a highly respected U.S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and was the only U.S.MoreHigh Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Henry Ware Lawton (March 17, 1843 - December 19, 1899) was a highly respected U.S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and was the only U.S.
general officer to be killed during the Philippine-American War. The city of Lawton, Oklahoma, takes its name from General Lawton, and also a borough in the city of Havana, Cuba.