Col. Keogh's horse, Comanche, sole survivor of the Custer massacre - This horse was ridden by Col. Keogh at the battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876 – Antique Print
![Col. Keogh's horse, Comanche, sole survivor of the Custer massacre - This horse was ridden by Col. Keogh at the battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/98/98499806f7f5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Col. Keogh's horse, Comanche, sole survivor of the Custer massacre - This horse was ridden by Col. Keogh at the battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Col. Keogh's horse, Comanche, sole survivor of the Custer massacre - This horse was ridden by Col. Keogh at the battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876
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Comanche, the bay gelding ridden by Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry, is the horse the caption calls the sole survivor of the Custer massacre. He was found alive among the fallen after the battle on the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Wounded several times, he was nursed back to health at Fort Lincoln and spared hard duty for the rest of his life, becoming a living emblem of his regiment. He died in 1891, and his preserved body was long displayed at the University of Kansas.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint by U.S. Army Signal Corps. No. 83342. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Horses; U.S. Hist.--1876; Army, U.S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,237 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150678 |
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