These are web sites that contain additional information about the General's life and services.

Casper Star-Tribune -Mormon Trail Incident

WILLIAM SELBY HARNEY -The Aztec Club's Biography

USGS GNIS - Places in the US named Harney

Union general officers - Photos of Generals (Harney is in the lower left corner)

The Pig War - From the San Juan Island NHP website San Juan Island National Historical Park

The San Juan Island's "Pig War" - From the American History Magazine

The Pig War - an article by Elizabeth Gibson

The Pig War - yet another article on the conflict

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Invasion of Camp Jackson by Scott K. Williams

Harney, William Selby - The Columbia Encyclopedia

Handbook of Texas Online - a Biography

General William Selby Harney - From the Harney Family Website

Fort Worth 150 | Historical Survey - from the Star-Telegram

Descendants of Timothy Harney - on the Family Tree Maker web site

The Colonel Harney (Navy Ship) - built in 1840

Civil War Union Generals - William S. Harney

Harney Photo - taken around the time of the Civil War

Pre-Civil War Era Hall of Fame - brief biography

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