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Enduring Cavalry Rides Show Long March Feats and Messengers
Col Theodore Dodge catalogs official long distance cavalry rides by US troops from 1861 to 1876 including Captain Pountain’s 84 miles in eight hours and Private James Bell’s perilous 170 mile dispatch run through Sioux country. The record showcases endurance under fire, horse and rider conditioning, and notable feats by Terry and Crook era couriers.
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United States
Sam
Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Dodge
Pountain
United States Cavalry
Natal Mounted Rifles
South Africa
America Army
Moore
Col Dodge
Alun EE Eee
Seventh Infantry
Terry
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Montana
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Guster
Nell
Staal Creek
Hell
Apex
Thornbure
Merrill
Soerbanu
Payne's Coutine
Indias
Howe
Fort Warner
Harney
Edward G. Pechet
Sitting Bull
Clef
Fechet
Stahrenberg
FE Paso
Chihauhu
Hull
Bodlow
Powder River
Wyong
Crook
James Bell
Hostle
Dell
Pell