Seventh Cavalry Command Structure — Nez Perce War

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Note: This information was provided by John Doerner, Chief Historian, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Col. Samuel D. Sturgis (Commander in the field)

  • Lt. Col. Elmer Otis (sick at Ft. Rice since 07/31/1877)
  • Maj. Joseph G. Tilford (detached cmdg Ft. Lincoln)
  • Maj. Lewis Merril (cmdg battalion in field)
  • Major Marcus A. Reno (undergoing 2 years suspension)
  • 1st Lt. Ernest A. Garlington, Adjutant (field)
  • 1st Lt. Charles A. Varnum, Regt. Quarter Master, (field)
  • Asst. Surgeon Dr. Valery Havard

Merrill's Battalion

  • Company F:
    Capt. James Bell
    2nd Lt. Herbert J. Slocum

  • Company I:
    Capt. Henry J. Nowlan –
    2nd Lt. Hugh L. Scott –
    (TDY at Custer Battlefield)

  • Company L:
    1st Lt. John W. Wilkerson

Benteen's Battalion

  • Company H:
    Capt. Frederick Benteen – Cmdg
    2nd Lt. Ezra Fuller
    2nd Lt. Albert J. Russell

  • Company G:
    1st Lt. George D. Wallace
    2nd Lt. William J. Nickolson

  • Company M:
    Capt. Thomas H. French
    1st Lt. Edward G. Mathey (TDY Co. B)
    2nd Lt. John G. Gresham

In The Field With Col. Nelson A. Miles

Edle's Battalion

  • Company F:
    Capt. Owen Hale – Cmdg Battalion
    1st Lt. Charles Braden (Sick Leave)
    2nd Lt. J. Williams Briddle – Cmdg Company

  • Company A:
    Capt. Myles Moylan
    1st Lt. Andrew H. Nave (DS Ft. Lincoln)
    2nd Lt. Ezra D. Fuller (TDY-Company H)

  • Company K:
    Capt. Edward S. Godfrey
    1st Lt. Edwin P. Eckerson
    2nd Lt. Edwin B. Fuller (TDY -Company I)

In The Field With Mai. Henry M. Lazelle

  • Company B:
    Capt. Thomas McDougall
    1st Lt. William T. Craycroft (Sick Leave)
    2nd Lt. Thomas H. Barry (Not yet joined)

In The Field With Lt. Gustavus C. Doane

  • Company E:
    Capt. Charles S. Ilsley (Detached Service-Ft. Leavenworth)
    1st Lt. Charles DeRudio – Cmdg Company
    2nd Lt. James D. Mann (Not yet Joined)

Patrolling the Black Hills

  • Company C:
    Capt. Henry Jackson
    1st Lt. Winfield S. Edgerly
    2nd Lt. Horatio G. Sickel