Following its activation, the Seventh Cavalry Regiment patrolled the Western plains for raiding Native Americans and to protect the westward movement of pioneers. From 1866 to 1881, the regiment marched a total of 181,692 miles (292,342km) across Kansas, Montana, and the Dakota Territories.
American Indian Wars
The regiment was constituted on 28 July 1866 in the regular army as the 7th United States Cavalry. It was organized on 21 September 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas as part of an expansion of the regular army following the demobilization of the wartime volunteer and draft forces. From 1866 through 1871, the regiment was posted to Fort Riley and fought in the American Indian Wars.
In the Battle of the Washita in 1868, the regiment sustained 22 losses, while inflicting more that 150 deaths on a Cheyenne encampment, mostly women and children. This attack was led by George Armstrong Custer, who later led the 7th Cavalry to the most calamitous defeat of U.S. forces in the Indian Wars.
Captain Tom Benson (Randolph Scott) has been granted a furlough to bring his bride-to-be Martha back to Fort Abraham Lincoln and his Regiment, the 7th Cavalry. Benson is mystified when he sees the fort apparently deserted with the colors not flying. Exploring the vacant post he is met by the hysterical Charlotte Reynolds (Jeanette Nolan) whose husband replaced Benson as commander of his "C" Company and was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Only a small group of misfits and guardhouse prisoners led by an old sergeant remain who have held a wake by drinking themselves into oblivion.
Once the commands of Major Marcus Reno (Frank Wilcox) and Captain Frederick Benteen (Michael Pate) have returned, they and the widows hold Benson in contempt, not only for not being at the battle in command of his men, but what they perceived as George Custer's liking for him, Benson's non-West Point background, and his career as a gambler until commissioned into the Regiment.
Cavalry uniforms clashed with kids dressed in fringed pants, moccasins, headbands and a feathered war bonnet ... During the 1876 battle, warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes defeated the men of the 7th Regiment of the U.S.
NEWMEXICO...Medals of Honor were given to 20 soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and their awards cite a range of actions including bravery, efforts to rescue fellow troops and actions to "dislodge Sioux Indians" who were concealed in a ravine.
(PhotoCredit. Bettmann / Getty Images) ... While accounts of the what occurred differ, what’s confirmed is that, at some point, the rifle owned by Black Coyote, who was deaf, discharged, leading the troops of the 7th Cavalry Regiment to begin shooting ... .
Medals of Honor were given to 20 soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and their awards cite a range of actions including bravery, efforts to rescue fellow troops and actions to “dislodge Sioux Indians” who were concealed in a ravine ...Sign up ... ... ... .
Dwyer, who grew up in Mount Sinai, was a medic in the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment in 2003 when he became briefly famous after an Army Times photographer took a picture of him carrying an injured Iraqi boy out of danger.
LANSING, Mich. — J ...Port died Saturday in Lansing, Michigan, according to his sister, Susan Deller ... 7th Cavalry Regiment, and then attacked by U.S ...Survivors who fled under a railroad bridge were then fired on by 7th Cavalry troops for several days ... ....
7th Cavalry Regiment, and then attacked by U.S ...Survivors who fled under a railroad bridge were then fired on by 7th Cavalry troops for several days.
Lancaster Online
26 Aug 2024
Lancaster Online
26 Aug 2024