They "made their Spencers talk"

[Oregon Bill]

I found this reference to the war with the Apaches in 1868 while researching a Medal of Honor winner's grave I found in the cemetery at White Oaks, New Mexico, one of Billy the Kid's favorite hangouts. Stirring times, eh boys? Scroll up to Page 141 for the whole story.

https://books.google.com/books?id=miA8AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=Charles+McVeagh+medal+of+honor&source=bl&ots=QiCXqHUAK1&sig=gLlf_BucXOIe_drGoBNmasmwOZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy5cOEwJreAhXKGTQIHRvIC6YQ6AEwDnoECAEQAQ&fbclid=IwAR3EhQjf7fsWwJz2CXgzhWjaawyS78BsigbkukRUANJknqSgvN1eunVW7W8#v=onepage&q=Charles%20McVeagh%20medal%20of%20honor&f=false

Here is the gravestone. Note that "cavalry" is misspelled "calvary."

[Coal Creek Griff]

Note that "cavalry" is misspelled "calvary."

There's no excuse for that.  I simply don't understand how people can make that kind of careless mistake.  It's a dishonor to the hero who lies there.  I sit here shaking my head...

CC Griff

[Oregon Bill]

Griff, seen in another small cemetery here in south-central New Mexico, "Rest in peas." Not kidding.

[Pitspitr]

I found my G-G-Grandfather's grave in southern Wisconsin a couple of years ago. His Surname was misspelled. Deavenport instead of Davenport