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THE BATTLE OF THE WASHITA (November 27, 1868, Indian territory - modern-day Oklahoma) Gregory F. Michno, ENCYCLOPEDIA of Indian Wars 1850-1890, pages 226-227 "On November 12, 1868 , 11 companies of the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George A. Custer, 3 companies of the 3rd Infantry, 1 of the 5th Infantry, 1 of the 38th Infantry, and about 450 wagons set out from Fort Dodgefor Indian territory to seek out hostile Indians. Across a snow-covered landscape Custer followed Indian trails to a 50-lodge Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita River. Early on the frigid morning of 27 November,...

Many years ago my Grandmother gave me a sewing kit that I did not look into until today and I found this inside. I am beginning my search for what it might be right now and I expect this is as far as I need to go, but I'll also google and bing what it might be. Surely it is from the military? I guess that because many on Mom's side of the family were in the Navy. Thanks for any more information you can provide.

Custer reenactor Steve Alexander rides the trail that Gen. Custer rode as part of the celebration. On June 25, 1876, a force of 200 U.S. soldiers under Gen. George Armstrong Custer is wiped out by the Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn, Montana. - Photo courtesy of Sandy Alexander In 1876, General George Custer led the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army on a fateful journey across four hundred miles of prairie in thirty nine days. Today, Monroe resident and Custer reenactor Steve Alexander begins recreating Custer's last ride, leading troops of the Frontier Army of Dakotas and...

Here again, with the right link - the other was not right. The Custer legacy - Custer division in World War II, the 7th cavalry in Ia Drang and Baghdad, Custer's Civil War veterans... It's an American legacy.

U.S. Reports Big Victory South of Baghdad By Sean Maguire SOUTHERN IRAQ (Reuters) - U.S. troops on Tuesday reported killing hundreds of Iraqi soldiers south of Baghdad without losing a man, as signs emerged of a possible uprising against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in the southern city of Basra. In what appeared to be the biggest ground engagement since the war began last Thursday, a U.S. military official said 150 to 300 Iraqi forces were believed killed when they attacked the U.S. Seventh Cavalry near the town of Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad. "Apparently...

Garry OwenDownload Midi File John Renfro Davis Information Lyrics Garry Owen was the unofficial marching song of the Seventh Cavalry. Gen. Custer reportedly heard the song among his Irish troop and liked it. The tune was then played so often the 7th became tied to it. The tune is first documented as Auld Bessy in 1788. It was later (1800) in the opera Harlequin Amulet (the Majic of Mona). About that time it was attributed to "Jackson of Cork" by a book of Country Dances by William Campbell. It also appeared in part two (1802) of Nathaniel Gow's four...