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Original Companions of the Order of the Indian Wars of the United States 

Name ••• Indian War Service

MAJ George Patrick Ahern ••• 25th U.S. Infantry

CPT George Emerson Albee ••• 41st U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Charles Henry Alden ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

MG James Buchanan Aleshire ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

BG Benjamin Alvord, Jr. ••• 20th U.S. Infantry

BG George Andrews ••• 25th U.S. Infantry

COL James Madison Andrews, N.G. ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Edwin Proctor Andrus ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

COL Nathan King Averill ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Edward Everett Ayer ••• Co. I, 1st NM Infantry

LTC Harry Lee Bailey ••• 21st U.S. Infantry

COL Hobart Kemper Bailey ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

LTC William Baird ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

COL Chauncey Brooke Baker ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

COL David Jewett Baker III ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

MG Frank Dwight Baldwin ••• 5th U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Civil War & Indian Wars)

LTC Michael H. Barry

MG Thomas Henry Barry ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

BG Charles Henry Barth ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

MG Alfred Elliott Bates ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

LT George White Baxter ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

BG John Beach

BG William Dorrance Beach ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

COL Edwin Bentley, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG John Biddle ••• Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.

MAJ William Shepard Biddle, Jr. ••• 13th U.S. Infantry

COL Gonzales Sidney Bingham ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

COL Henry Patrick Birmingham, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG William Henry Bisbee ••• 4th U.S. Infantry

COL Hoel Smith Bishop ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

MG Zenas Randall Bliss ••• 24th U.S. Infantry

BG Augustus Perry Blocksom ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Jacob Emanuel Bloom ••• 4th U.S. Artillery

COL Peter Sporr Bomus ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles Austin Booth ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

BG George Pennington Borden ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

CPT Edgar Campbell Bowen ••• 11th U.S. Infantry

COL William Holman Cary Bowen ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

LT Charles Braden ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

BG David Legge Brainard ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

BG Lloyd Milton Brett ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Edwin Parker Brewer ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

BG William Carey Brown ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

CPT William C Bryan ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A(Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

CPT Otho Williams Budd ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Abraham Perry Buffington ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

BG James Brattle Burbank ••• 3rd U.S. Artillery (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

MAJ Oscar Burkard ••• 3rd U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Samuel Burkhardt, Jr. ••• 10th & 25th U.S. Infantry

LT George Ritter Burnett ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

BG Andrew Sheridan Burt ••• 7th, 8th & 25th U.S. Infantry

BG George Hall Burton

MAJ Joseph Charles Byron ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL DeRosey Carroll Cabell ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Julian Mayo Cabell, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

LTC Lafayette E Campbell ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

MAJ Frank DeLauney Carrington ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

CPT Robert Goldthwaithe Carter ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. ••• Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.

MAJ Charles Nelson Cecil

BG George Francis Chase ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

CPT Thomas Jacob Clay, M.D. ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

LTC Syndey Amos Cloman ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

Melchor Gist Cockey, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

MAJ John Conline ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

COL George Leroy Converse ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

BG Charles Austin Coolidge, Jr., M.D. ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

COL William Henry Corbusier, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

MG Enoch Herbert Crowder ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

MG William Crozier ••• 4th U.S. Artillery

BG Thomas Cruse ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

CPT Cornelius Charles Cusick ••• 31st U.S. Infantry

BG Albert Clayton Dalton ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

COL John Augustus Dapray ••• 23rd U.S. Infantry

BG William Robert Dashiell ••• 8th U.S. Infantry

MAJ Britton Davis, N.G. ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

BG Charles Lukens Davis ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

MG George Breckinridge Davis ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Henry W Davis

COL Milton Fennimore Davis ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

BG Thomas Francis Davis ••• 15th U.S. Infantry

 MAJ Fredinand Edwin DeCourcey ••• 13th U.S. Infantry

CPT Thomas Morris DeFrees ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

COL Charles Adam Dempsey ••• 2nd U.S. Infantry

CPT William W Dempsey

MG Joseph Theodore Dickman ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

BG Eugene Dumont Dimmick ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

BG George Allen Dodd ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

MG Thomas Quinton Donaldson, Jr. ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Joseph Haddox Dorst ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Edward Everett Dravo ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

BG Walter Teeling Duggan ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

LT William Nelson Dykman ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

BG Charles Patrick Eagan ••• 9th U.S. Infantry

BG Winfield Scott Edgerly ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Charles Pinckney Elliott ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Robert Temple Emmet ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

BG Robert Kennon Evans ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

BG Ezra Philetus Ewers ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

MAJ Charles Beverly Ewing, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Edward Samuel Farrow, O.R.C. ••• 21st U.S. Infantry

COL Gustav Joseph Fiebeger ••• Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.

CPT Robert Howe Fletcher ••• 21st U.S. Infantry

COL Frederick Seinman Foltz ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

BG Theodore Frelinghuysen Forbes ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

OL William Curtis Forbush ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

COL Herbert Sidney Foster ••• 20th U.S. Infantry

BG Samuel Warren Fountain ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Joshua Lounsbury Fowler ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

BG Henry Blanchard Freeman ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

COL Ezra Bond Fuller ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Jacob Garretson Galbraith ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Henry Goodwin Gale ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles Moore Gandy, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Cornelius Gardener ••• 19th U.S. Infantry

LTC William H. Gardner, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG Ernest Albert Garlington ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Joseph Garrard ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

COL Joseph Alfred Gaston ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles Gerhardt ••• 20th & 8th U.S. Infantry

COL Robert Nelson Getty ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

BG Alfred Conrad Girard, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Joseph Basil Girard, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG James D. Glennan, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG Edward Settle Godfrey ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

BG Edward Allison Godwin ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Henry Joseph Goldman ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

COL George William Goode ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

BG David Stewart Gordon ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

MG Frederick Dent Grant ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

LTC Lewis Douglass Greene ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

MAJ Edward Irenaeus Grumley ••• 17th U.S. Infantry

COL John Francis Guilfoyle ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

MG Henry Clay Hale ••• 12th & 18th U.S. Infantry

BG William Preble Hall ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

LTC Benjamin Franklin Hardaway ••• 17th U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

MAJ Charles Buff Hardin ••• 18th U.S. Infantry

LTC Edward Ervin Hardin ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

MG George Herbert Harries ••• AdC Gen. Nelson A. Miles

COL John Daniel Leinbach Hartman ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Philip Francis Harvey ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

CPT Patrick Hasson ••• 14th U.S. Infantry

COL Charles Albert Phelps Hatfield ••• 4th U.S. Infantry

COL James J. Healy, IL N.G. ••• 21st U.S. Infantry (as Sgt.)

LTC Otto Louis Hein ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles Heath Heyl ••• 23rd U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Frederick Grady Hodgson ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

MG Willard Ames Holbrook ••• 13th U.S. Infantry

BG Mott Hooten ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

MAJ Carver Howland ••• 4th U.S. Infantry

MG Charles Frederick Humphrey ••• 4th U.S. Artillery; QM Corps (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Edward Hunter ••• Judge Advocate Corps, U.S.A.

BG George King Hunte ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

MG Grote Hutcheson ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Francis Joseph Ives, M.D ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

CPT Nathan Sturges Jarvis, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Lovell Hall Jerome ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

COL Edward Nathaniel Jones, Jr. ••• 8th U.S. Infantry

COL Jefferson Randolph Kean, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

 LTC William Hudson Kell ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

CPT Luther Sage Kelly ••• Chief of Scouts under Gen. Miles

BG James Taggart Kerr ••• 17th U.S. Infantry

CPT William Augustus Kimball ••• 14th U.S. Infantry

LTC Charles King ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Josiah Holdship King ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Henry Peeble Kingsbury ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ William Ludwig Kneedler, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

 BG John Thornton Knight ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

COL Lewis M. Koehler ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

BG John Alexander Kress ••• Ordnance Corps, U.S.A.

COL Louis Anatole LaGarde, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL John Fulton Reynolds Landis ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles William Larned ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

MG Jesse M. Lee ••• 9th U.S. Infantry

MAJ Henry Rowan Lemly ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

COL Thomas Jefferson Lewis ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

LG Hunter Liggett ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

COL John Alexander Lockwood ••• 17th U.S. Infantry

BG Oscar Fitzalan Long ••• 5th U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

CPT Henry Gideon Lyon ••• 17th & 24th U.S. Infantry

CPT John Ferral McBlain ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Thomas Sidney McCaleb ••• 9th U.S. Infantry

COL Daniel Edward McCarthy ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

BG Edward John McClernand ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

LT Isaiah Heylin McDonald ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ John McDonald

BG John Bacon McDonald ••• 10th U.S. Cavalry

BG John Randolph McGinness

COL George Wilcox McIver ••• 17th U.S. Infantry Surg.

Dorsey Mahon McPherson, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Augustus Canfield Macomb ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

Asst Surg Thomas G. Maghee, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG John Skinner Mallory ••• 2nd U.S. Infantry

BG William Abram Mann ••• 7th U.S. Cav./17th U.S. Inf.

COL Francis Cutler Marshall ••• 8th & 6th U.S. Cavalry

COL William Franklin Martin

BG Leon Albert Matile ••• 24th U.S. Infantry

COL Louis Mervin Maus, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A(Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

BG Marion Perry Maus ••• 1st U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

CPT Peter Francis Meade ••• Troop K, 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL William A. Mercer ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Elijah Hedding Merrill ••• 9th U.S. Infantry

LTC Francis Michler ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

LG Nelson Appleton Miles ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

BG Crosby Parke Miller ••• 4th U.S. Artillery

COL Samuel Warren Miller ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

MAJ William Anderson Miller ••• 18th U.S. Infantry

COL William Haven Miller ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

MG Albert Leopold Mills ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Spanish-American War)

BG Anson Mills ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry

COL Stephen Crosby Mills ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

COL George Horace Morgan ••• 3rd U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

LTC Edward Romer Morris ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

Hon. CPT William Ephraim Morris ••• 69th NY Inf. ••• Pvt., 7th U.S. Cavalry

MG Charles Henry Muir ••• 17th, 14th, & 2nd U.S. Infantry

CPT Stephen John Mulhall ••• 14th U.S. Infantry

MAJ William W Neifert, O.R.C. ••• Signal Corps, U.S.A.

LTC Maury Nichols ••• 2nd, 14th & 7th U.S. Infantry

BG William John Nicholson ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Robert Houston Noble ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

BG James Oakes ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

BG John Joseph O’Connell ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

BG Robert Shaw Oliver ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

BG Samuel Ovenshine ••• 5th & 23rd U.S. Infantry

COL William Otway Owen, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG James Parker ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Percy Parker, MA N.G. ••• 8th U.S. Infantry

CPT William Thornton Parker, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Charles Dyer Parkhurst ••• 5th U.S. Cav. & 4th U.S. Art.

CPT Alexander McCarrell Patch ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

LTC Julius Herman Patzki, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Robert Glasgow Paxton ••• 10th U.S. Cavalry

COL George Hoffman Penrose, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

CPT Alexander Wallace Perry ••• 3rd & 9th U.S. Cavalry

CPT John Adams Perry ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

GEN John Joseph Pershing ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Frederick Phisterer ••• 18th U.S. Infantry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

CPT Alexander Ross Piper ••• 15th U.S. Infantry

COL William Lewis Pitcher ••• 8th U.S. Infantry

BG George Edward Pond ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Dewitt Clinton Poole ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

BG James Worden Pope ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

BG Richard Henry Pratt ••• 10th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ George H. Rathgeber ••• Enlisted in 7th U.S. Cavalry

BG Patrick Henry Ray ••• 8th U.S. Infantry

BG Philip Hildreth Reade ••• 3rd U.S. Infantry

CPT Hugh T Reed ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

BG Charles Dudley Rhodes ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Sedgwick Rice ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Wilds Preston Richardson ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

LT Hampton Maury Roach ••• Enlisted, Trp. F, 5th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

MAJ Daniel Robinson ••• 7th U.S. Infantry

BG William Wallace Robinson, Jr. ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

MG Charles Francis Roe, NYNG ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry

CPT Fayette Washington Roe ••• 3rd U.S. Infantry

COL Leon Samuel Roudiez ••• 6th & 1st U.S. Infantry

COL George Ruhlen ••• 17th U.S. Infantry

LT Frank Webster Russell ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ James Augustine Ryan ••• 10th U.S. Cavalry

BG Walter Scribner Schuyler ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

MG Hugh Lenox Scott ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Stephen Young Seyburn ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

BG Michael Vincent Sheridan ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ Wallace Sherwood, N.G.

COL William Alexander Shunk ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

BG John Simpson ••• 4th U.S. Artillery

LTC John Oscar Skinner, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A(Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

BG Thomas Horace Slavens ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Herbert Jermain Slocum ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

LTC Stephen L’Hommedieu Slocum, CB ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Samuel Ewing Smiley ••• 8th & 15th U.S. Infantry

BG Abiel Leonard Smith ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Cornelius Cole Smith ••• 2nd U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

BG Frederick Appleton Smith ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

BG George Rodney Smith ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

COL Eugene Jaccard Spencer ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Herbert Goldsmith Squiers ••• 7th & 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL William Sanford Stanton ••• Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.

LTC Charles Grenville Starr ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

COL Clarence Augustus Stedman ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

LTC Matthew Forney Steele ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Vasa Edwin Stolbrand ••• 13th U.S. Infantry

BG Frederick Smith Strong ••• 4th U.S. Artillery

MG Samuel Storrow Sumner ••• 5th, 8th, & 6th U.S. Cavalry

MG Eben Swift ••• 5th U.S. Cavalry

COL Charles William Taylor ••• 9th U.S. Cavalry

COL Robert Montgomery Thornburgh, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG John Luke Tiernon ••• 3rd U.S. Artillery

COL John Charles Fremont Tillson ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

COL Selah Reeve Hobbie Tompkins ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry

COL Francis Laban Town, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

COL Peter Edward Traub ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL Percy Edwards Trippe ••• 10th U.S. Cavalry

Hon. COL Laurence Davis Tyson ••• 9th U.S. Infantry

COL Charles Albert Varnum ••• 7th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL Solomon Pervis Vestal ••• 5th & 7th U.S. Cavalry

BG Arthur Lockwood Wagner ••• 6th U.S. Infantry

COL Charles Carroll Walcutt, Jr. ••• 8th U.S. Cavalry

COL Edgar Smith Walker ••• 17th & 8th U.S. Infantry

COL Robert Douglas Walsh ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

LT John Marbacher Walton ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry

COL Millard Fillmore Waltz ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

BG Frederick King Ward ••• 1st U.S. Cavalry

COL John Charles Waterman ••• 7th & 8th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ John McAdam Webster ••• 22nd U.S. Infantry

MG William Weigel ••• 11th U.S. Infantry

COL Frank West ••• 6th U.S. Cavalry

MAJ William Boerum Wetmore ••• NYNG 6th U.S. Cavalry

CPT Peter W. Wey

COL Homer Webster Wheeler ••• 5th U.S. Infantry

CPT William H. Wheeler ••• 11th U.S. Infantry

BG Timothy Erastus Wilcox, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A.

BG Wilber Elliott Wilder ••• 4th U.S. Cavalry (Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

MG Frank Long Winn ••• 1st U.S. Infantry

CPT Robert L Winne

MG Leonard Wood, M.D. ••• Medical Corps, U.S.A(Medal of Honor – Indian Wars)

COL William Thomas Wood ••• 18th U.S. Infantry

MG William Wallace Wotherspoon ••• 12th U.S. Infantry

MAJ William Cullen Wren ••• 10th U.S. Infantry

COL Walter King Wright ••• 16th U.S. Infantry

COL Henry Sollett Wygant ••• 24th U.S. Infantry

BG Richard Thompson Yeatman ••• 14th U.S. Infantry

LG Samuel Baldwin Marks Young ••• 8th & 3rd U.S. Cavalry​

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