This ill-starred officer, who had inadvertently helped start Red Cloud’s War (1866?68), was made scapegoat for a junior officer’s actions that resulted in a humiliating defeat by the Indians.
- Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
- Lt. Col. George Crook
- Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
- Col. Henry B. Carrington
- Gen. Philip St. George Cooke