Irish Soldiers at Custer's Last Stand: Stories of Custer's HQ, Co A, B, & C
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Here are stories of Irishmen
Here are stories of Irishmen who fought with Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn: Sergeant George McDermott of Galway and the little known story of how he heroically turned back during the valley retreat to save a comrade from certain death; Medal of Honor recipient Captain Myles Moylan of Galway (BREAKING NEWS: history books say Moylan was born in Massachusetts, but local Tuam, Galway, historian proves he was actually born in Tuam as well!); Custer's personal flag bearer, Sergeant Robert Hughes of Dublin; Private Stephen Ryan of Tipperary who carried the body of his company's slain lieutenant back to camp for burial; and Sergeant Jeremiah Finley of Tipperary who had fought with the 17th Foot Regiment in Crimea before joining the 7th Cavalry and making the very buckskin jacket General George Custer wore the day he died.
Captain Myles Keogh of County Carlow was not the only brave Irishman who stood out on the battlefield on June 25, 1876.
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Sources:
Books
Courage and Conflict: The Irish at War, Ian Kenneally
They Died with Custer, Douglas D. Scott. P. Willey, Melissa A. Connor
Participants of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Federic C. Wagner III
Myles Keogh: “Irish Dragoon,” John P. Langellier, Kurt Hamilton Cox, Brian C. Pohanka
Life of Soldier on the Western Frontier, Jeremy Agnew
G.A. Custer, Glenwood J. Swanson
Ireland 1845-1850: The Perfect Holocaust, Chris Fogarty
Regular Army O, Douglas McChristian
Articles:
Mairéad O'Brien's work and research on Myles Moylan for the Journal of the Old Tuam Society (an annual local history publication)
Myles Walter Keogh (1840-1876), Imelda Kehoe, Old Kilkenny Review, Kilkenny Archaeological Society
The Irish at the Little Big Horn, Jack McCormack, June 1986, LBHA Research Review
Links
Irish Famine Museum Dublin Ireland – Irish Famine Exhibition (theirishpotatofamine.com)
Remembering The Fallen: Corporal John Briody, Seventh U.S. Cavalry (1847-1876) | Pat McNamara (patheos.com)
Nativism Against the Irish in America: A Historical Perspective – Irish Famine Exhibition (theirishpotatofamine.com)
Black '47 Ireland's Great Famine and its after-effects - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)
Penal laws (Ireland) - Wikipedia
The Civil War Was Won By Immigrant Soldiers | Essay | Zócalo Public Square (zocalopublicsquare.org)
Irish Immigration: Beyond the Potato Famine | State Historical Society of Iowa
Captain Myles Moylan, Commander of A Troop, 7th Cavalry | Army at Wounded Knee
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Thank you to Dale Kosman, George Kush, Nathan Simmons, Geoff Lackey, Chris Moylan, and Mairead O'Brien for sharing little known facts, anecdotes, and images with me about these brave Irishmen!
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If you too have a passion for the 7th Cavalry, please consider joining:
Little Bighorn Associates
www.thelbha.com
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
custerbattlefield.org/
Custer Association of Great Britain
www.english-westerners-society.org.uk
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