The Battle of the Big Hole: A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877.Shields, G. O. (George O.)
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The Battle of the Big Hole: A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877.
Shields, G. O. (George O.)
Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877
Company H.--Private McKindra L. Drake (orderly for General
Gibbon).
Company I.--Sergeant Michael Hogan, Corporal Daniel McCaffrey,
and Private Herman Broetz.
Company K.--First Sergeant Frederick Stortz, Musician Thomas
Stinebaker, and Artificer John Kleis.
SECOND CAVALRY.
KILLED.
Company L.--Sergeant Edward Page.
SEVENTH INFANTRY.
WOUNDED.
Col. John Gibbon, Seventh Infantry (left thigh, severe flesh
wound).
Company A.--First Lieut. C. A. Coolidge (both legs above knees,
right hand, severe); Private James C. Lehmer (right leg,
serious); Private Charles Alberts (under left breast, serious);
Private Lorenzo D. Brown (right shoulder, serious); Private
George Leher (scalp, slight).
Company D.--Sergeant Patrick C. Daly (scalp, slight); Corporal
John Murphy (right hip, severe); Musician Timothy Cronan (right
shoulder and breast; serious); Private James Keys (right foot,
severe).
Company E.--Sergeant William Wright (scalp, slight); Sergeant
James Bell (right shoulder, severe).
Company F.--Capt. Constant Williams (right side, severe, and
scalp, slight); Sergeant William W. Watson (right hip, serious;
died August 29, 1877); Corporal Christian Luttman (both legs,
severe); Musician John Erikson (left arm, flesh); Private Edwin
D. Hunter (right hand, severe); Private George Maurer (through
both cheeks, serious); Private Charles B. Gould (left side,
severe).
Company G.--Sergeant John W. H. Frederic (left shoulder, flesh);
Sergeant Robert Benzinger (right breast, flesh); Private John J.
Conner (right eye, slight); Private George Baughart (right
shoulder, thigh, and wrist, severe); Private James Burk (right
breast, serious); Private Charles H. Robbuke (left hip, slight).
Company I.--First Lieut. William L. English (through back,
serious, and scalp, slight; died August 19, 1877); Corporal
Richard M. Cunliffe (shoulder and arm, flesh); Private Patrick
Fallon (hip and leg, serious); Private William Thompson (left
shoulder, flesh); Private Joseph Daross (ankle and leg,
serious).
Company K.--Second Lieut. C. A. Woodruff (both legs above knees,
and left heel, severe); Sergeant Howard Clarke (heel, severe);
Private David Heaton (right wrist, severe); Private Mathew
Devine (forearm, serious); Private Philo O. Hurlburt (left
shoulder, flesh).
CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS.
_Killed._--L. C. Elliott, John Armstrong, David Morrow, Alvin
Lockwood, Campbell Mitchell, H. S. Bostwick (post guide, Fort
Shaw).
_Wounded._--Myron Lockwood, Otto Lyford, Jacob Baker, William
Ryan.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed. Wounded.
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