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William H. Folly
Private William H. Folly was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He was one of thirty-four cavalry troopers who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory from August to October 1868.
Biography.
William H. Folly was born in Bergen County, New Jersey. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private with Company B of the 8th U.S. Cavalry. Folly was assigned
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- H. G. Wells was fascinated by the fall of Wright, and it influenced the writer's novels "Tono-Bungay" and "The World of William Clissold".
- "The Folly Under the Lake" is a vintage whodunit book based on the life of Whitaker Wright and his underwater folly.
References and sources.
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- Sources
- Henry Macrory- "Ultimate Folly - the