A meeting of the officers of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry was held... to take into consideration the untimely death of Captain Louis M. Hamilton... who was killed in the battle of Washita... [manuscript] : Canadian River, Indian Territory : resolution, 1868 Dec. 4 led by George Armstrong Custer, the Seventh Cavalry surprised an encampment of Cheyenne near present-day Cheyenne, Okla., on Nov. 27, 1868 : known as the Battle of Washita, the conflict resulted in few cavalry casualties; among them was Capt. Louis M. Hamilton, who was killed as the attack commenced.

A meeting of the officers of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry was held... to take into consideration the untimely death of Captain Louis M. Hamilton... who was killed in the battle of Washita... [manuscript] : Canadian River, Indian Territory : resolution, 1868 Dec. 4 led by George Armstrong Custer, the Seventh Cavalry surprised an encampment of Cheyenne near present-day Cheyenne, Okla., on Nov. 27, 1868 : known as the Battle of Washita, the conflict resulted in few cavalry casualties; among them was Capt. Louis M. Hamilton, who was killed as the attack commenced.

Resolutions honoring Battle of Washita casualty, Capt. Louis M. Hamilton, passed Dec. 4, 1868, at a meeting of the officers of the Seventh Cavalry, held on the Canadian River in Indian Territory (probably at Camp Supply).

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Corporate Author: AM (Publisher) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Series:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America.
Subjects:
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876.
Hamilton, Louis McLane, > 1844-1868.
Cheyenne Indians.
Canadian River.
Washita River (Tex. and Okla.)
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Summary:Resolutions honoring Battle of Washita casualty, Capt. Louis M. Hamilton, passed Dec. 4, 1868, at a meeting of the officers of the Seventh Cavalry, held on the Canadian River in Indian Territory (probably at Camp Supply).
Item Description:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 208.
Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

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