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These characteristics were natural in him, and when the war ended his gallant service on the plains in Indian warfare made them continuous, ending only'" with his last gallant defense on the " Little Big Horn River," June 25th, 1876, when in command of the 7th U. S. Cavalry he was attacked by an overwhelming force of Sioux Indians, and after making one of the most desperate fights on record, he, with his entire command was annihilated.
"Now his plume is at rest,
his sword in its sheath,
' And the hand that should grasp it is nerveless in death."
American Civil War
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