Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876

Captain John V. Furey—Expedition Quartermaster, commanding wagon/supply train

Captain Henry E. Noyes—I Troop, Second Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR) Battalion Commander

Captain George M. (“Black Jack”) Randall—Chief of Scouts, Twenty-third Infantry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain William H. Powell—G Company, Fourth Infantry Captain Anson Mills—M Troop, Third Cavalry (Brevet COLONEL)

Captain Frederick Van Vliet—C Troop, Third Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Alexander Sutorius—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

Captain Peter D. Vroom—L Troop, Third Cavalry

Captain Elijah R. Wells—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Captain Samuel S. Sumner—D Troop, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet MAJOR)

Captain Robert H. Montgomery—B. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain Sanford C. Kellogg—I Troop, Fifth Cavalry (Brevet LIEUTENANT COLONEL)

Captain George F. Price—E. Troop, Fifth Cavalry Captain Edward M. Hayes—G Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain J. Scott Payne—F Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Captain H. J. Nowlan—Seventh Cavalry, acting assistant quartermaster to the Dakota Column

Lieutenant John G. Bourke—aide-de-camp to General Crook

Lieutenant Henry R. Lemly—Regimental Adjutant to Colonel Royall

First Lieutenant William L. Carpenter—G Company, Ninth Infantry

First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Augustus C. Paul—M Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Edward S. Godfrey—Seventh Cavalry

First Lieutenant Emmet Crawford—G Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant Henry Seton—D Company, Fourth Infantry

First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson—A Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant William C. Forbush—Fifth Cavalry, Assistant Adjutant General

First Lieutenant Charles King—Fifth Cavalry, Adjutant

First Lieutenant William P. Hall—Fifth Cavalry, Quartermaster

First Lieutenant Walter S. Schuyler—Fifth Cavalry, aide-decamp to Crook

First Lieutenant William Philo Clark—I Troop, Second Cavalry, aide-de-camp to General Crook

Second Lieutenant Robert London—A Troop, Fifth Cavalry (after Wilson resigns)

Second Lieutenant Charles M. Rockefeller—H Company, Ninth Infantry

Second Lieutenant Edgar B. Robertson—H Company, Ninth Infantry

Second Lieutenant Henry D. Huntington—D Troop, Second Cavalry

Second Lieutenant Edward L. Keyes—C Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Second Lieutenant J. Hayden Pardee—Twenty-third Infantry, aide-de-camp to Merritt

Lieutenant William C. Hunter—U.S. Navy (Brevet COMMODORE)

Dr. Bennett A. Clements—Surgeon, Expedition Medical Director (oversaw eight medical personnel, assistant surgeons and stewards)

Dr. Albert Hartsuff—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. Julius H. Patzki—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. Charles R. Stephens—Assistant Surgeon

Dr. J. W. Powell—Assistant Surgeon, Fifth Cavalry

Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy—Assistant Surgeon

First Lieutenant Alfred B. Bache—F Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka—M Troop, Third Cavalry

Second Lieutenant George F. Chase—L Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant John W. Bubb—Commissary of Subsistence

First Lieutenant Emmet Crawford—G Troop, Third Cavalry

First Lieutenant William B. Rawolle—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Lieutenant Frederick W. Sibley—E. Troop, Second Cavalry

Sergeant Oscar Cornwall—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Sergeant Charles W. Day—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Sergeant G. P. Harrington—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

^†Sergeant Edmund Schreiber—K. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

^†Sergeant John A. Kirkwood—M Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Sergeant Edward Glass—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

Corporal Thomas C. Warren—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Corporal Thomas W. Wilkinson—K. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Corporal J. S. Clanton—B. Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Private Valentine Rufus—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private Patrick Hasson—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private George Rhode—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private George Watts—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private Henry Collins—Second Cavalry, Sibley Patrol

Private William Evans—E. Company, Seventh Infantry

Private Benjamin F. Stewart—E. Company, Seventh Infantry

Private James Bell—E Company, Seventh Infantry

Private Christian Madsen—A Troop, Fifth Cavalry

^*Private John Wenzel—A Troop, Third Cavalry

Private Albert Glavinski—M Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Private Orlando H. Duren—E. Troop, Third Cavalry

^*Private Edward Kennedy—C Troop, Fifth Cavalry

^†Private John M. Stevenson—I Troop, Second Cavalry

^†Private August Dorn—D Troop, Fifth Cavalry

Private Cyrus B. Milner—A Troop, Fifth Cavalry

^†Private Edward Kiernan—E Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Private William B. DuBois—C Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Private August Foran—D Troop, Third Cavalry

^†Private Charles Foster—B Troop, Third Cavalry

Shoshone Allies

Washakie

Sioux

American Horse                                                Little Eagle

Dog Necklace                                                 Antelope Tail

Charging Bear                                                Red Horse

Iron Thunder

Cheyenne

Yellow Hair                                                 Rain Maker

Civilian Characters

John “Trailer Jack” Becker—packer on Sibley Scout

Wilbur Storey—owner/publisher, Chicago Times