. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . y theBig Horn and Yellowstone expedition of 1876, where heand his gallant band were all massacred in the fight withSitting Bulls village on the Little Big Horn River,Montana. The closing scene in Custers history hasbeen described by Horned Horse, an old Sioux chief, asfollows : Custer then sought to lead his men up to thebluffs by a diagonal movement, all of them having dis-mounted and firing, whenever they could, over the backsof their horses at the Indians, who had by that timecrossed the river in thousands, mostly on fo
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . y theBig Horn and Yellowstone expedition of 1876, where heand his gallant band were all massacred in the fight withSitting Bulls village on the Little Big Horn River,Montana. The closing scene in Custers history hasbeen described by Horned Horse, an old Sioux chief, asfollows : Custer then sought to lead his men up to thebluffs by a diagonal movement, all of them having dis-mounted and firing, whenever they could, over the backsof their horses at the Indians, who had by that timecrossed the river in thousands, mostly on foot, and hadtaken Custer in flank and rear, while others annoyed himby a galling fire from across the river. Hemmed in onall sides, the troops fought steadily, but the fire of theenemy was so close and rapid that they melted like snowbefore it, and fell dead among their horses in firing was continuous until the last man of Custerscommand was dead. The water-course, in which mostof the soldiers died, ran with bl 1 IS H4 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). MAJOR AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONELAARON S. DAGGETT, Majok \\i> Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Aaron i i (Thirteenth Infantry) was born in Maine June14, 1839. Heistheson of Aaron and Dorcas (Dearborn)I laggett, and married Rose, the daughter of Major-Gen-eral Phillips Bradford, of Turner, a lineal descendant ofGovernor William Bradford, of Plymouth County. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, MajorDaggetl enlisted as a private April 29, 1861, and wascommissioned second lieutenant May 1, 1861. lie waspromoted first lieutenant of Company E, Fifth MaineInfantry, May 24, and captain of the company August 4,[861. from the first engagement of the regiment (battleoi first Bull Run) to the end of its three yearsmemo-rable service, Captain Daggett did faithful duty, andwas promoted major April 14, [B63, and on January[8, [865, was commissioned lieutenant coloi i of theFifth Regimenl U. S. Veteran V
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