Civil War Union Army Officer, Author. A native of Maine, Cremony first saw military service with the coming of the Mexican War and served as a Lieutenant with the 1st Massachusetts Infantry. After the war he was hired as a journalist for the Boston Herald until 1849, when he was recruited to be an interpreter for the United States Boundary Commission, led by John R. Bartlett to map the new American-Mexican border, until 1851. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to military service and was commissioned Captain in command of Company B of the 2nd California Cavalry. He and his company would go on to serve with distinction early in the war as part of Col. James H. Carleton’s California Column. In 1865 he was promoted to the rank of Major and given command of the 1st Battalion California Native Cavalry, serving until war’s end. After the war he returned to journalism with the San Francisco Commercial Herald and was also a regular contributor for the Overland Weekly. In 1868 he published a book about his experiences on the frontier with the Native Americans entitled “Life Among the Apaches,” which became, and is still considered, the best source for information on the Apache culture. (bio by: G.Photographer)