Myles Keogh (Montana and the West Series, 9.)

The life and times of Myles Keogh, who commanded Company I at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and consequently died there with Custer is described in "Myles Keogh: The Life and Legend of an 'Irish Dragoon' with the Seventh Cavalry." 206 oversized pages, maps, profusely illust, informative sidebars, illus dj, notes, biblio, index, MONTANA AND THE WEST SERIES, VOLUME 9. Keogh's life and legend is explored in great detail by an impressive array of scholars who met in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 1990 to participate in the Myles Keogh Symposium, ably led by Dr.John Langellier; Keogh's colorful career is thoroughly documented from his early years in Ireland and Italy; the American Civil War; his romances; enlistment in the Seventh Cavalry; the Little Big Horn and his burial and reburial; his horse Comanche; recent archaeology at the Keogh position on the Custer Battlefield, along with perceptive analyses of the Irish and the U.S.Army and a checklist of Keogh in ficti! on, poetry and film are all included in this notable collection of essays on the life of Capt Myles Keogh.