THE CAVALRY

Powhatan H. Clarke Photograph, Medal of Honor Winner, 1886, In 10th Cavalry dress uniform, wearing his Medal of Honor, this image is from about 1891, before his promotion to 1st. Lieut.


Indian War Cabinet Card of 1st Cavalry Soldier


Fine 1886 Photograph of an Indian Wars Mounted Cavalry Trooper

Indian Wars Officers,all wearing 6th Cavalry kepis.


Capt. Thomas M. McDougall, 7th Cavalry,with imprint of O. S. Goff, Fort Lincoln, D.T., shown in M'72 jacket and M'80 helmet. With Company B in command of the pack train, McDougall survived the hilltop fight and served out the remainder of his career with the 7th.


Algernon Smith (1847-1876) was an officer with the 7th Cavalry. He was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn and found with Gen. Custer's body. He was commander of Company E. During the Civil War Smith enlisted with 117th N.Y. Infantry until he was assigned as aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry. He was wounded at Fort Fisher in Jan. of 1865, later bevetted Major.

Captain Thomas McDougall, 7th Cavalry


Lt. James Calhoun, 7th Cavalry


Pvt. Arthur Edwards, Co. H, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, served under General Crook and was involved in the Rosebud Fight on June 17-18th, 1876. He was injured while jumping his horse at drill and was discharged in July of 1876.

Indian War Trooper


2nd US Cavalry Officer.
Wm A. Dinwiddie served as a hospital steward and assistant surgeon during the Civil War. He joined the 8th Cavalry in June 1868 and transferred to the 2nd Cavalry in March 1869. He retired as a 1st lieutenant in 1886 and died in 1901.


Indian Wars Dakotas Soldiers, c 1890

LT E.G.Marley,7th cavalry.He was with the pack train detachment during the battle of L.B.H.

Company B, 7th Cavalry, 1877, with 2 rows of officers, front seated on ground and rear standing with 1st Lt. E.S. Mathey standing in center, just forward of rear row. This photograph is illustrated officers of members of company who survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn.


Cabinet Card Photograph of 7th Cavalry Lieutenant Charles in his dress blue uniform holding a M1860 cavalry saber.
Lt. Charles was detached from the 7th during 1876 to the U.S. Military Academy and missed the Little Big Horn fight. He was on the 1874 Black Hills expedition.


Winfield Scott Edgerly, 7th Cavalry.
Winfield Scott Edgerly (1846-1927) was born in Farmington, New Hampshire. In 1866 he was appointed to West Point, graduating in 1870, 50th in a class of 58. We was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, and assigned to Company D of the 7th Cavalry, and joined the regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas. He participated in the Yellowstone and Black Hills Expeditions, and was with the 7th at the Little Bighorn, assigned to Weir’s Company D. He was with Benteen’s command when the fight commenced, and survived the Hilltop fight.

After the Little Bighorn, Edgerly remained in the military, and was present at the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 as a First Lieutenant. He served in various posts until the Spanish American War when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers and Major, 6th Cavalry on July 9, 1898. Rising through the ranks, he received his final promotion to Brigadier General in 1905 while serving in the Philippines. He died in Farmington in 1927, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

7th Cavalry Officers at Ft. Douglas, KS.
An important image taken prior to the Washita campaign in 1868 at Camp Sandy Forsyth. Many of the officers posed here subsequently lost their lives at the Little Big Horn. Includes Capt. Wm. Thompson, Capt. Geo. Yates, Capt. Lee Gillette, Lt. Col. George A. Custer (seated in center with broad brimmed hat), Lt. Edward Law, Lt. Thomas W. Custer (seated right of George), Lt. Edward Godfrey, Lt. Edward Mathey, Lt. James Bell, and many others.


an Indian War 5th Cavalry Trooper,anonymous seated portrait of this uniformed cavalryman with his 5th Cavalry kepi on table to right.
During the Plains Indian Wars, the 5th Cavalry played an active role in pursuing Sioux and Cheyenne war bands that refused to return to their reservations. Under the leadership of Col. Wesley Merritt, a distinguished Civil War officer, the 5th was instrumental in defeating the Indians at the Battle of Slim Buttes. It was the first significant victory for the army following the debacle at Little Big Horn.

Pattern 1872 Enlisted Cavalry Dress Helmet






Pattern 1870s cavalry Boots

Woolen dress military jacket worn by Col.James Oakes,6th cavalry

Similar in design to the original Andrews Hat used by the Second Dragoons in Texas in 1851, this new folding campaign hat was issued to both officers and enlisted men beginning in 1872. This hat did not hold up well in the field and was replaced in 1876 by a smaller and more durable pattern.

Indian War Era Tunic, brass buttons with patriotic eagles. Blue wool body with white trim on cuffs, collar, shoulder tabs and coat tails. White piping down the front of coat. Woven white dress cords with paddles complete with acorn finials. Interior with unmarked khaki cotton quilted lining on top. Bottom of coat with green silk lining.

Capt.J.G.Bourke,Azor H.Nickerson and General Crook,c1875




1st cavalry,company G,1872

Model 1872 kepi




Model 1876 campaign hat

Indian Wars Dress Helmet, Frock Coat, Kepi and Medals of Sergeant W.J. McDermott, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Model 1885 enlisted cavalry coat, marked inside of coat U.S. Quartermaster Philadelphia Depo. and dated 1883. With sergeant's stripes, cavalry veteran's medal and later replacement Indian War's veteran's service medal #2047. With both first type and second type Marksman collar disks. The first type was fashioned into a complete medal using the second type Marksman pin and the first type Marksman collar disks and chained to his Sharpshooter's badge. Model 1881 dress plume helmet with yellow horsehair plume and original cavalry shoulder cord with waffles. Model 1872 Hagner belt with sword hanger.

Indian Wars Frock Coat of Colonel John W. Meldrum.
ca 1875-76. Blue wool double-breasted body with 18 gilt brass buttons with patriotic eagle with stars. Gold cord shoulder paddles with black background and Bird Colonel insignia. Model 1885 aiguillette. Interior with black cotton quilted lining with red, white and blue sleeve lining. Marked on the inside M.C. Lilley & Co. Columbus, Ohio. PLUS, Model 1872 officer's dress sword belt with belt plate and saber hanger

Pattern 1872 Boots


US Indian Wars officers Cavalry Gauntlets.
These brushed doe skin gauntlets are as nice as the day they were made. There is a stamping inside the gloves 9/2.


1874 Cartridge Belt with Hazen Loops


US Indian War M-1872 Enlisted Man's Kepi

Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan Cabinet Card Photograph
with Gentile, Chicago imprint on recto and stylized backmark. This photo was taken in Chicago, ca 1869-1872, where Sheridan commanded Headquarters, Division of the Missouri. He wears his full dress uniform and displays the three stars of a Lt. General. On his chest are the G.A.R. medal, Sheridan's C.W. Cavalry Corps Badge, the Army of the Potomac Badge, and a Civil War Corps Badge.


James M. Arrasmith, U.S. 7th Cavalry, Signed Photograph
Arasmith was from Iowa and joined the 4th Cav in 1872, joining the 7th Cav in 1880.

Model 1874 Dyer Cartridge Pouch and Indian War Cap Box

3rd cavalry on the rocks behind fort Davis,1886

Soldiers At Fort Ellis Montana Territory 1871



Left to right: Frank C. Grugan, 1st Lt. 2nd Cavalry;
Lewis Thompson, Capt. 2nd Cavalry;
George H. Wright, 2nd Lt., 7th Infantry;
Gustavus C. Doane, 2nd Lt. 2nd Cavalry;
Lewis Cass Forsyth, Capt., acting Quartermaster, A.B. Campbell, Asst. Surgeon;
Dr.R.M. Whitewood Contract Physician;
Sam T. Hamilton, 1st Lt. 2nd Cavalry;
Col. Eugene M. Baker in command of post Dec. 1, 1869 - Oct. 15, 1872;
Edward Ball, Capt. 2nd Cavalry;
Lovell H. Jerome, 2nd Lt. 2nd Cavalry (rear);
George L. Tyler, Capt. 2nd Cavalry;
Edward J. McClerand, 2nd Lt. 2nd Cavalry;
Charles B. Schofield, 2nd Lt., 2nd Cavalry.