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Heroic Cavalry Actions Enduring in Texas and Colorado
A Washington letter recalls the 1874 Sixth U.S. Cavalry actions near the Red River Texas and White River Colorado. Sgt Zacharias Woodall and five troopers held off Cheyenne and Utes under extreme odds, while Lt William H Hall sacrificed to guide two comrades to safety. Hall later became brigadier general. the tale honors courage, self sacrifice, and endurance of enlisted soldiers.
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Sixth United States Cavalry
Red River
Texas
Sixth Cavalry
Kansas
Nelson A. Miles
Fort Dodge
Biddle
Compton
Tule River
Indiana
Sixth
Indian Territory
Uely Hand
Hall
Feld
Zacharias T. Woodall
I Troop
Soret
Woodall
Land
Fie
Miloy
White River Valley
Colorado
Rollet
Fort
D. A. Russell
Wonley Merritt
Hnd
Weir
Leutenant
Fifth Cavalry
Wilam H. Hall
Washington
Righland
Hume
Mix
Reda
Meutenant
Hime
Hoe
Walt
Mall
Hal
Welr
Alex
Ald
Military Secretary's Department
White River