The Cavalry Moves West |
5th Cavalry: Two of Col. Wesley Merritt's companies in the Black hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
U.S. Cavalry, Colorado, 1875 |
7th Cavalry & 6th Infantry: Gen. George Custer, officers & ladies at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota; Custer is third from left, on the other side of the man standing next to him is Mrs. Elizabeth Custer. |
Cavalry officers outside of Gen. Merritt's Headquarters, Whitewood Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
U.S. Cavalry rides down the main street of Rosita, Colorado, 1875 |
Officers of the 3rd Cavalry, during the Sioux Campaign, pose near French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
Cavalrymen marching in front of Ft. Gordon Stockade, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
Col. Mills and officers of the 3rd Cavalry; the 7th Cavalry's flag is shown displayed, as it had just been recaptured after a victory at the battle of Slim Buttes, in the Sioux Campaign. |
Seven Native American Sioux who were captured in the Slim Buttes battle, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
Cheyenne Scouts patrolling the big timber of northern Oklahoma, 1889. |
Col. Frederick Van Vliet and officers of the 3rd Cavalry pose on a rock outcropping in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876. |
Gen. Phillip Sheridan sits on a rock beside an officer and a scout; Montana; 1885. |
2nd Regiment, Colorado National Guards pose in front of the Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House, in Montrose, Colorado; 1912. |
Chief Big Road camp at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; two Sioux and a white man on a hill overlooking the encampment: tepees, horses and the walled tents of the 7th Cavalry; 1890. |
Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Colorado; Signs on buildings say: W.W. Robinson, grocer; Johnson's Confectionary; Olson's Dry Goods; Ling Lee Laundry; 1888. |
Custer's Last Stand, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn. |
Ogalala Lakota Sioux Indian Scouts with their commander Lt. John J. Pershing, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, 1891. |
"Here November 26, 1876, Gen. R. S. MacKenzie with forces from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th 5th Cavalry, 4th, 9th Artillery, 9th, 23rd Infantry, defeated the Cheyennes under Dull Knife." |
7th Cavalry: "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding the hand of a small Native American child, along with a group of soldiers from the US 7th Cavalry and other Native Americans, 1894. |
A Black Corporal (Buffalo Soldier) in the Ninth Cavalry poses on the Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, 1891. |