Luther Hare
Luther Rector Hare | |
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7th U.S. Cavalry | |
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Luther Rector Hare (August 24, 1851 – December 22, 1929) was an officer in the
Battle of the Little Big Horn
.
Hare was born in
Great Sioux War, he was a second lieutenant in Company K (Lt Godfrey Commanding), serving in the battalion commanded by Capt. Frederick Benteen
.
During the June 1876 expedition to the Little Bighorn River, Lieutenant Hare was on detached service assisting Lt. Charles Varnum with the Indian scouts, being appointed assistant on the evening of the 24th of June. During the siege on Reno's Hill, he served as Maj. Marcus Reno's adjutant, since Lt. Benjamin Hodgson had been killed during the retreat from the woods. Hare later gave testimony at the subsequent Reno Court of Inquiry in 1879.
Hare participated in the
Philippine American War, notably in the recovery of captured US forces following the Battle of Pulang Lupa. He also commanded U.S. forces on the island of Marinduque, where he instated a policy of civilian internment.[1]
Hare retired on medical disability in July 1903, but served several stints on active duty after that, retiring for the final time in February 1919.
Luther Hare died at Walter Reed Hospital in
Arlington, Virginia.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Burial Detail: Hare, Luther R. (Section 3, Grave 3933-A)". ANC Explorer. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).
References
- Camp, Walter (1976). Kenneth Hammer (ed.). Custer in '76: Walter Camp's Notes on the Custer Fight. ISBN 0-8425-0399-4.
- Graham, Col. W.A. (1953). The Custer Myth. Bonanza Books.
- Hunt, Frazier & Robert (1987). I Fought with Custer: The Story of Sergeant Windolph. ISBN 0-8032-9720-3.
- Hammer, Kenneth (1995). Ronald H. Nichols (ed.). Men With Custer: Biographies of the Seventh Cavalry. Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association, Inc.
- Michno, Gregory (1994). The Mystery of E Troop. Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-304-4.
External links
- "Luther Rector Hare". at ArlingtonCemetery.net. 23 October 2023. (Unofficial website).
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