Myles Keogh
| Myles Walter Keogh | |
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Brevet Lt. Colonel Myles Keogh
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| Born |
March 25, 1840 Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland |
| Died | June 25, 1876 (aged 36) Little Bighorn River, Montana, USA |
| Buried at | Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York |
| Allegiance |
 Papal States United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Papal Army, United States Army
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| Years of service | 1860–76 |
| Rank |
 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
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| Commands held | Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry |
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| Awards | The Pro Petri Sede Medal, The Cross of the Order of St. Gregory Brevet Ranks of Major and Lieutenant Colonel for Gallant and Meritorious Service |
Myles Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 – June 25, 1876) was an Irish soldier. Serving the armies of the Papal States during a rebellion in Italy, he 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 Company I in the 7th Cavalry Regiment under George Armstrong Custer during the Indian Wars, until he was killed along with Custer and all of his men at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Myles Keogh was born in Orchard House, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland on 25 March 1840. The farming carried out at Keogh's home place in Leighlinbridge was arable, barley being the main crop. This meant that the Keogh family were largely unaffected by the hunger and poverty that accompanied the Irish Potato Famine and ravaged the country between 1845 and 1850 – Keogh's childhood days. However, two, or possibly three, of Keogh's siblings did die young, apparently from typhoid – a disease associated with the famine and an illness that Myles also suffered as a boy.
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