Myles Keogh

Myles Walter Keogh
Myles Walter Keogh
	Keogh c. 1875, by David Francis Barry
Born	25 March 1840; Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland
Died	25 June 1876 (aged 36); Little Bighorn River, Montana, US
Buried	Fort Hill Cemetery,; Auburn, New York
Allegiance	Papal States; United States of America
Service/branch	Papal Army; United States Army
Years of service	1860–1862 (Papal States); 1862–1876 (USA)
Rank	Captain; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
Commands held	Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Battles/wars	Expedition of the Thousand Battle of Castelfidardo; ; American Civil War Battle of Port Republic; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Antietam; Stoneman's 1863 Raid; Gettysburg Campaign; Battle of Brandy Station; Battle of Upperville; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Funkstown; Battle of Williamsport; Bristoe Campaign; Atlanta Campaign; Battle of Dallas; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Sunshine Church (POW); ; Indian Wars Battle of the Little Bighorn †; ;
Awards	Pro Petri Sede Medal; Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Myles Walter Keogh (25 March 1840 – 25 June 1876) was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a cavalry officer, particularly under Brig. Gen. John Buford during the Gettysburg Campaign and the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. After the war, Keogh remained in the regular United States Army as commander of I Troop of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under George Armstrong Custer during the Indian Wars, until he was killed along with Custer and all five of the companies directly under Custer's command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

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