Battle Participants
7th Cavalry Officers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
• Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer (killed)
• Maj. Marcus Reno
• Adjutant: 1st Lt. William W. Cooke (killed)
• Assistant Surgeon George Edwin Lord (killed)
• Acting Assistant Surgeon James Madison DeWolf (killed)
• Acting Assistant Surgeon Henry Rinaldo Porter
• Chief of Scouts: 2nd Lt. Charles Varnum (detached from A Company, wounded)
• 2nd in Command of Scouts: 2nd Lt. Luther Hare (detached from K Company)
• Pack Train Commander: 1st Lt. Edward Gustave Mathey (detached from M Company)
• A Company: Capt. Myles Moylan, 1st Lt. Charles DeRudio
• B Company: Capt. Thomas McDougall, 2nd Lt. Benjamin Hodgson (killed)
• C Company: Capt. Thomas Custer (killed), 2nd Lt. Henry Moore Harrington (killed)
• D Company: Capt. Thomas Weir, 2nd Lt. Winfield Edgerly
• E Company: 1st Lt. Algernon Smith (killed), 2nd Lt. James G. Sturgis (killed)
• F Company: Capt. George Yates (killed), 2nd Lt. William Reily (killed)
• G Company: 1st Lt. Donald McIntosh (killed), 2nd Lt. George Wallace
• H Company: Capt. Frederick Benteen, 1st Lt. Francis Gibson
• I Company: Capt. Myles Keogh (killed), 1st Lt. James Porter (killed)
• K Company: 1st Lt. Edward Settle Godfrey
• L Company: 1st Lt. James Calhoun (killed), 2nd Lt. John J. Crittenden (killed)
• M Company: Capt. Thomas French
Indian Leaders and Warriros in the Battle
• Hunkpapa (Lakota): Sitting Bull, Four Horns, Crow King, Chief Gall, Black Moon, Rain-in-the-Face, Moving Robe Women, Spotted Horn Bull, Iron Hawk, One Bull, Bull Head, Chasing Eagle
• Sihasapa (Blackfoot Lakota): Crawler, Kill Eagle
• Minneconjou (Lakota): Chief Hump, Black Moon, Red Horse, Makes Room, Looks Up, Lame Deer, Dog-with-Horn, Dog Back Bone, White Bull, Feather Earring, Flying By
• Sans Arc (Lakota): Spotted Eagle, Red Bear, Long Road, Cloud Man
• Oglala (Lakota): Crazy Horse, He Dog, Kicking Bear, Flying Hawk, Chief Long Wolf, Black Elk, White Cow Bull, Running Eagle, Black Fox II
• Brule (Lakota): Two Eagles, Hollow Horn Bear, Brave Bird
• Two Kettles (Lakota): Runs-the-Enemy
• Lower Yanktonai (Dakota): Thunder Bear, Medicine Cloud, Iron Bear, Long Tree
• Wahpekute (Dakota): Inkpaduta, Sounds-the-Ground-as-He-Walks, White Eagle, White Tracking Earth
• Northern Cheyenne: Two Moons, Wooden Leg, Old Bear, Lame White Man, American Horse, Brave Wolf, Antelope Women, ThunderBull Big Nose, Yellow Horse, Little Shield, Horse Road, Bob Tail Horse, Yellow Hair, Bear-Walks-on-a-Ridge, Black Hawk, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Crooked Nose, Noisy Walking
• Arapahoes: Waterman, Sage, Left Hand, Yellow Eagle, Little Bird
Notable Scouts/Interpreters in the Battle
• The 7th Cavalry was accompanied by a number of scouts and interpreters:
• Bloody Knife: Arikara/Lakota scout (killed)
• Bob Tailed Bull: Arikara scout (killed)
• Boy Chief: Arikara scout
• Charley Reynolds: scout (killed)
• Curley: Crow scout
• Curling Head: Arikara scout
• Fred Gerard: interpreter
• Goes Ahead: Crow scout
• Goose: Arikara scout (wounded in the hand by a 7th Cavalry trooper)
• Hairy Moccasin: Crow scout
• Half Yellow Face, leader of Crow Scouts, also known as Paints Half His Face Yellow
• Isaiah Dorman: interpreter (killed)
• Little Brave: Arikara scout (killed)
• Little Sioux: Arikara scout
• Mitch Bouyer: scout/interpreter (killed)
• One Feather: Arikara scout
• Owl: Arikara scout
• Peter Jackson: half-Pikuni and half-Blackfoot brother of William, scout
• Red Bear: Arikara scout
• Red Star: Arikara scout
• Running Wolf: Arikara scout
• Sitting Bear: Arikara scout
• Soldier: Arikara scout
• Strikes The Lodge: Arikara scout
• Strikes Two: Arikara scout
• Two Moons: Arikara/Cheyenne scout
• White Man Runs Him: Crow scout
• White Swan, Crow Scout (severely wounded)
• William Jackson: half-Pikuni and half-Blackfoot scout
• Young Hawk: Arikara scout