Seventh Cavalry Command Structure -- Nez Perce War
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
