Order of the Indian Wars of the United States

Listed here are members of OIWUS are graduates of the United States Military Academy. In addition, a supplemental section is included regarding those members who received the Congressional Medal of Honor (see below).

LTC George Ahern WEST POINT 1882, Yale Law School

MG James Aleshire WEST POINT 1880

MAJ Joseph Aleshire WEST POINT 1910

BG Benjamin Alvord WEST POINT 1833

COL James Andrews WEST POINT 1890

BG George Andrews WEST POINT 1876

BG George Andrews WEST POINT 1876

COL Edwin Andrus WEST POINT 1875

COL Nathan Averill WEST POINT 1895

LTC Harry Bailey WEST POINT 1876

LTC William Baird WEST POINT 1875

COL David Baker WEST POINT 1886

BG Chauncey Baker WEST POINT 1886

COL Theodore Baldwin III, WEST POINT 1925

MG Thomas Barry WEST POINT 1877 (Superintendent West Point)

BG Charles Barth WEST POINT 1881

BG Charles Barth, JR. WEST POINT 1925

MG Alfred Bates WEST POINT 1865

LT George Baxter WEST POINT 1877, Governor of Wyoming

BG William Beach WEST POINT 1879

BG John Biddle WEST POINT 1881

MG William Biddle III WEST POINT 1923

MAJ William Biddle Jr. WEST POINT 1885

COL Sidney Bingham WEST POINT 1912

COL Sidney Bingham Jr. WEST POINT 1940

COL Hoel Bishop WEST POINT 1873

MG Zenas Bliss WEST POINT 1854

MG Augustus Blocksom WEST POINT 1877

MAJ Jacob Bloom WEST POINT 1873

COL Peter Bomus WEST POINT 1870

GB George Borden WEST POINT 1872

COL William Bowen WEST POINT 1867 (not graduated)

CPT Edgar Bowen WEST POINT 1865

LT Charles Braden WEST POINT 1869

BG Lloyd Brett WEST POINT 1879

COL Edwin Brewer WEST POINT 1875

BG William Brown WEST POINT 1877

LTC John Bryan WEST POINT 1929

COL Samuel Burhardt WEST POINT 1889

COL George Burnett WEST POINT 1880 (Medal of Honor 1881)

BG George Burton WEST POINT 1865

MAJ Joseph Byron WEST POINT 1886

MG Joseph Byron WEST POINT 1914

MAJ Joseph Byron WEST POINT 1945

MG DeRosey Cabell WEST POINT 1884

CPT Allyn Capron WEST POINT 1867

LTC Frank Carrington WEST POINT 1878

MAJ Robert Carter WEST POINT 1870 (Medal of Honor 1871)

COL Thomas Casey WEST POINT 1879

BG George Chase WEST POINT 1871

COL William Chase WEST POINT 1937

COL Sydney Cloman WEST POINT 1889

MAJ John Conline WEST POINT 1870

BG Casper Conrad, Jr. WEST POINT 1895

COL George Converse WEST POINT 1880

MAJ George Converse, Jr. WEST POINT 1906
 

Medal of Honor Recipients

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The following members of OIWUS are recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor:

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GEORGE E. ALBEE

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 41st U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Brazos River, Tex., 28 October 1869. Entered service at: Owatonna, Minn. Birth: Lisbon, N.H. Date of issue: 18 January 1894. Citation: Attacked with 2 men a force of 11 Indians, drove them from the hills, and reconnoitered the country beyond.

​BRETT, LLOYD M.

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At O’Fallons Creek, Mont., 1 April 1880. Entered service at:  Malden, Mass. Born: 22 February 1856, Dead River, Maine. Date of issue: 7 February 1895. Citation: Fearless exposure and dashing bravery in cutting off the Indians’ pony herd, thereby greatly crippling the hostiles.

 

WILLIAM C. BRYAN
 

Rank and organization: Hospital Steward, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Powder River, Wyo., 17 March 1876. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Born: 9 September 1850, Zanesville, Ohio. Date of issue: 15 June 1899. Citation: Accompanied a detachment of cavalry in a charge on a village of hostile Indians and fought through the engagements, having his horse killed under him. He continued to fight on foot and under severe fire and without assistance conveyed 2 wounded comrades to places of safety, saving them from capture.


GEORGE R. BURNETT
 

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N. Mex., 16 August 1881. Entered service at: Spring Mills, Pa. Birth: Lower Providence Township, Pa. Date of issue: 23 July 1897. Citation: Saved the life of a dismounted soldier, who was in imminent danger of being cut off, by alone galloping quickly to his assistance under heavy fire and escorting him to a place of safety, his horse being twice shot in this action.
 

ROBERT G. CARTER
 

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: On Brazos River, Tex., 10 October 1871. Entered service at: Bradford Mass. Birth: Bridgeport, Maine. Date of issue: 27 February 1900. Citation: Held the left of the line with a few men during the charge of a large body of Indians, after the right of the line had retreated, and by delivering a rapid fire succeeded in checking the enemy until other troops came to the rescue.

 

EDWARD J. McCLERNAND

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Montana, 30 September 1877. Entered service at: Springfield, Ill. Birth: Jacksonville, Ill. Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Gallantly attacked a band of hostiles and conducted the combat with excellent skill and boldness.  He later became a Brigadier General.

NELSON APPLETON MILES (later Lieutenant General)