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The 7th Cavalry Regiment suffered 43 killed in action, 17 wounded, and 7 dead from non-battle injuries. Having faced down suicidal Japanese counterattacks and a stubborn defense in the rainy jungles of the Southwest Pacific, the 7th Cavalry Troopers were now veterans. [2]
In January 1867, Benteen departed for his new assignment with the 7th US Cavalry Regiment and its field commander Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. He was assigned to this regiment for 16 years, through many of the Indian Wars. Until 1882, except for periods of leave and detached duty, Benteen commanded H Troop of the 7th US Cavalry.
Hugh Thomas McGinnis (April 11, 1870 in Castlewellan, Ireland – March 22, 1965 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) was the last survivor of the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee. He emigrated from Ireland to America in 1887, he lived in New York and St Louis, Missouri with his sister prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1890.
In 1876, Martino was attached to the 7th Cavalry's Company H, but on the morning of June 25, he was temporarily assigned to serve as one of Custer's bugler-orderlies. As Custer and nearly 210 troopers and scouts began their final approach to the massive Indian village located in the Little Bighorn River valley, Martino was dispatched with an ...
One 7th Cavalry trooper claimed to have found several stone mallets consisting of a round cobble weighing 8–10 pounds (about 4 kg) with a rawhide handle, which he believed had been used by the Indian women to finish off the wounded. [94]: 314 Fighting dismounted, the soldiers' skirmish lines were overwhelmed. Army doctrine would have called ...
He enlisted in the United States Army in September 1875, serving in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment's C company from 1875 until 1880. His commanding officer was Capt. Thomas Custer . After an honorable discharge, he resided first in Lead, SD, where he worked at the Homestead Mine.
Later that evening, Colonel James W. Forsyth and the remainder of the 7th Cavalry arrived, bringing the number of troopers at Wounded Knee to 500. [28] In contrast, there were 350 Lakota: 120 men and 230 women and children. [9] The troopers surrounded Spotted Elk's encampment and set up four rapid-fire Hotchkiss-designed M1875 mountain guns. [29]
Watson enlisted in the 7th U.S. Cavalry in 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was assigned to Company C under Captain Thomas W. Custer . He participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25–26 June 1876, where, as his company approached the bluffs overlooking the river, Watson's horse and that of another man, Peter Thompson , gave out.