7th Cavalry Regiment

United States Army cavalry regiment

The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866. Its official nickname is "Garryowen", after the Irish air "Garryowen" that was adopted as its march tune. The regiment participated in some of the largest battles of the American Indian Wars, including its famous defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where its commander Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was killed. The regiment also committed the Wounded Knee Massacre, where more than 250 men, women and children of the Lakota were killed.

Active	1866 – present +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country	United States +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Branch	United States Army +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Type	Armored cavalry +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Garrison/HQ	Fort Hood - Texas +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Nickname	"Garryowen" +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Motto	"The Seventh First" +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
March	Garryowen +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Engagements	Indian Wars Washita River Yellowstone River Little Bighorn Canyon Creek Bear Paw Mountain Crow Agency Wounded Knee Drexel Mission Mexican Punitive Expedition World War II New Guinea campaign Bismarck Archipelago campaign Admiralty Islands campaign Leyte campaign Korean War Battle of Pusan Perimeter Vietnam War Gulf War Iraq War +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

COMMANDERS

Notable commanders

Lt. Col. George A. Custer
Col. (later Maj. Gen.) James W. Forsyth
Lt. Gen. Hal Moore
Brig. Gen. (later Maj. Gen) Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.

INSIGNIA

AIRCRAFT FLOWN

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