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Myles Walter Keogh | |
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 Keogh c. 1875, by David Francis Barry | |
| Born | 25 March 1840 Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 June 1876 (aged 36) Little Bighorn River, Montana, US |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Papal States United States of America |
| Service | 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 | Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry |
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| 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.