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Battle of Washita River

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Barnitz, Benteen, Cook, Custer and 5 others
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    Brev. Brig. Gen. William 1813 William H. Thompson, USA (1813 - 1897)
    Thompson (November 10, 1813 – October 6, 1897), a lawyer, clerk, newspaperman, longtime Army officer, and Democrat, was the first person elected to Congress from Iowa's 1st congressional district. His ...
  • James Montgomery Bell (1837 - 1919)
    A native of Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, Bell graduated from Wittenberg College in 1862 and enlisted in the Union Army. Commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 86th Ohio Infantry Regiment, he served w...
  • Captain Owen Hale, 7th U.S. Cavalry (1843 - 1877)
    descendant of American patriot Nathan Hale was born in Troy, New York, on July 23, 1843. During the Civil War, he served as a sergeant major with the 1st New York Mounted Rifles and later with the 7th ...
  • General Edward Settle Godfrey (1843 - 1932)
    Settle Godfrey (October 9, 1843 – April 1, 1932) was a United States Army Brigadier General who received the Medal of Honor for leadership as a captain during the Indian Wars.Early life and educationGo...
  • 1Lt. William W. Cooke, 7th US Cavalry (1846 - 1876)
    Winer Cooke (May 29, 1846 – June 25, 1876) was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the adjutant for George Armstrong Custer and wa...

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The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present-day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous Native American tribal bands.

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