Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876

Louis (Louie) Richaud (Reshaw)

Baptiste Pourier (“Big Bat,” Left Hand)

William F. Cody

^*Charles / James / Jonathan White (“Buffalo Chips Charlie”)

Tait / Tate

Baptiste Garnier (“Little Bat”)

John Wallace “Captain Jack” Crawford (“The Poet Scout”)

“Buckskin Jack” Russell

“Texas Jack” Omohundro

Military

Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan—Commander, Division of the Missouri (Chicago)

Brigadier General George C. Crook—commanding Department of the Platte (HQ—Omaha, Nebraska)

General Alfred H. Terry—commanding Department of the Dakota

Colonel Wesley Merritt—Commanding Officer, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR GENERAL)

Colonel Nelson A. Miles—Commanding Officer, Fifth In-fantry

Lieutenant Colonel William B. Royall—Commanding Officer, Third Cavalry (Brevet COLONEL)

Lieutenant Colonel Eugene A. Carr—Fifth Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR GENERAL)

Lieutenant Colonel James W. “Sandy” Forsyth—headquarters staff, Division of the Missouri

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler—Fifth Infantry

Major Edwin F. Townsend—Post Commander, Fort Laramie (Brevet COLONEL)

Major Alexander Chambers—Commanding Officer, Fourth Infantry (Brevet COLONEL)

Major Andrew W. Evans—Second in Command, Third Cavalry (Brevet COLONEL) Battalion Commander

Major John J. Upham—Fifth Cavalry, Battalion Commander

Captain Julius W. Mason—K Troop, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet LIEUTENANT COLONEL) Battalion Commander

Captain William H. Jordan—Ninth Infantry, Commanding Officer, Camp Robinson (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain James “Teddy” Egan—K. Troop, Second Cavalry

Captain Emil Adams—C Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain Thomas B. Weir—Seventh Cavalry

Captain Edward W. Smith—adjutant to General Alfred Terry

Captain Thaddeus H. Stanton—Paymaster, Department of the Platte, Commander of Volunteers (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Samuel Munson—C Company, Ninth Infantry

Captain Andrew S. Burt—H Company, Ninth Infantry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Gerhard L. Luhn—F Company, Fourth Infantry

Captain Daniel W. Burke—C Company, Fourteenth Infantry

Captain William H. Andrews—I Troop, Third Cavalry

Captain John V. Furey—Expedition Quartermaster, commanding wagon/supply train

Captain Henry E. Noyes—I Troop, Second Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR) Battalion Commander

Captain George M. (“Black Jack”) Randall—Chief of Scouts, Twenty-third Infantry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain William H. Powell—G Company, Fourth Infantry Captain Anson Mills—M Troop, Third Cavalry (Brevet COLONEL)

Captain Frederick Van Vliet—C Troop, Third Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Alexander Sutorius—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

Captain Peter D. Vroom—L Troop, Third Cavalry

Captain Elijah R. Wells—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Captain Samuel S. Sumner—D Troop, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Robert H. Montgomery—B. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain Sanford C. Kellogg—I Troop, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet LIEUTENANT COLONEL)

Captain George F. Price—E. Troop, Fifth Cavalry Captain Edward M. Hayes—G Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain J. Scott Payne—F Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain H. J. Nowlan—Seventh Cavalry, acting assistant quartermaster to the Dakota Column

Lieutenant John G. Bourke—aide-de-camp to General Crook

Lieutenant Henry R. Lemly—Regimental Adjutant to Colonel Royall

First Lieutenant William L. Carpenter—G Company, Ninth Infantry

First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Augustus C. Paul—M Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Edward S. Godfrey—Seventh Cavalry

First Lieutenant Emmet Crawford—G Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Henry Seton—D Company, Fourth Infantry

First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson—A Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant William C. Forbush—Fifth Cavalry, Assistant Adjutant General

First Lieutenant Charles King—Fifth Cavalry, Adjutant

First Lieutenant William P. Hall—Fifth Cavalry, Quartermaster

First Lieutenant Walter S. Schuyler—Fifth Cavalry, aide-decamp to Crook

First Lieutenant William Philo Clark—I Troop, Second Cavalry, aide-de-camp to General Crook

Second Lieutenant Robert London—A Troop, Fifth Cavalry (after Wilson resigns)

Second Lieutenant Charles M. Rockefeller—H Company, Ninth Infantry

Second Lieutenant Edgar B. Robertson—H Company, Ninth Infantry

Second Lieutenant Henry D. Huntington—D Troop, Second Cavalry

Second Lieutenant Edward L. Keyes—C Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Second Lieutenant J. Hayden Pardee—Twenty-third Infantry, aide-de-camp to Merritt

Lieutenant William C. Hunter—U.S. Navy (Brevet COMMODORE)

Dr. Bennett A. Clements—Surgeon, Expedition Medical Director (oversaw eight medical personnel, assistant surgeons and stewards)

Dr. Albert Hartsuff—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. Julius H. Patzki—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. Charles R. Stephens—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. J. W. Powell—Assistant Surgeon, Fifth Cavalry

Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy—Assistant Surgeon

First Lieutenant Alfred B. Bache—F Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka—M Troop, Third Cavalry

Second Lieutenant George F. Chase—L Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant John W. Bubb—Commissary of Subsistence

First Lieutenant Emmet Crawford—G Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant William B. Rawolle—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Lieutenant Frederick W. Sibley—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Sergeant Oscar Cornwall—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Sergeant Charles W. Day—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Sergeant G. P. Harrington—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

^†Sergeant Edmund Schreiber—K. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

^†Sergeant John A. Kirkwood—M Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Sergeant Edward Glass—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

Corporal Thomas C. Warren—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Corporal Thomas W. Wilkinson—K. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Corporal J. S. Clanton—B. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Private Valentine Rufus—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private Patrick Hasson—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private George Rhode—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private George Watts—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol