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General Merritt Hero of Cavalry High Trails
Elmo Scott Watson recounts General Wesley Merritt and the Fifth Cavalry's dramatic campaigns. He highlights Merritt's endurance in chasing Cheyenne hostiles in 1876 and rescuing Major Thornburgh’s column in 1879, riding 170 miles in 72 hours to relieve Payne.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
W. T. Sherman
United States
Colorado
New York State
Norfolk Star
Tim Payne
Cheridah
Herbert E. Watkins
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Fox
E. A. Pring
George Snarr
Merrit
War Department
Uncle Sam
Wesley Merritt
Fifth Cavalry
Merritt
Crook
Fort Laramie
Rawhide Creek
Wyoming
Milk River
Rankin
Payne
Fifth
Fort Russell
Rawlins
Cow Creek
Y Fortification Creek
America
Buffalo
Ninth Cavalry
F.S. Dodge
Thornburgh
Dodge
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