Steamboat At The Little Big Horn (The agile mountain steamboat’s role in the 1876 Indian Wars Campaign)
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The defeat of LTC George Armstrong Custer’s famed 7th Cavalry by the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians on 25 June 1876 was the most memorable event of a larger U.S. Army campaign that began in May and concluded in late August of that year.
5th Infantry Regiment
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With its lineage extending back to 1808 when the Army organized the 4th Infantry, the 5th Infantry Regiment is one of the Army’s longest serving infantry units. In 1815, several […]
Major General Hugh Lenox Scott
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Hugh Lenox Scott was born in Danville, Kentucky, on 22 September 1853. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1876 and was commissioned a second lieutenant with the 9th Cavalry. Soon he […]
Major General Henry W. Lawton, USA
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While he had served with distinction in the Civil War and Indian Wars, Henry W. Lawton rose to national prominence for his service in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection. […]
Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles
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Nelson Appleton Miles was born near Westminster, Massachusetts, on 8 August 1839. He received a rudimentary military education from a former French officer and then joined a company of volunteers […]
The Battle of the Wabash: The Forgotten Disaster of the Indian Wars
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By Patrick Feng, Foundation Programs and Operations Coordinator When Americans read or hear about the Indian Wars, they are exposed to the familiar names like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and […]
The Battle of Fallen Timbers, 20 August 1794
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By Matthew Seelinger, Chief Historian In the days of the early Republic, the U.S. Army suffered some of its most devastating defeats in its history. While the Continental Army of […]