Myles Keogh

Myles Walter Keogh
Keogh c. 1875, by David Francis Barry
Born(1840-03-25)25 March 1840
Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, United Kingdom
Died25 June 1876(1876-06-25) (aged 36)
Little Bighorn River, Montana, US
Buried
Allegiance Papal States
 United States of America
Service / branchPapal States Papal Army
 United States Army
Years of service1860–1862 (Papal States)
1862–1876 (USA)
Rank Captain
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
UnitCavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
CommandsCompany I, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Battles / wars
AwardsPro 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.