Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: By a member of Company "M"

The smoke and dust had barely cleared from the Little Bighorn battlefield when, just shy of 90 days later, Frank Mulford joined the famous 7th Cavalry. The young Mulford met and fought alongside all of the survivors of the Little Bighorn: Captain Frederick Benteen, Captain Tucker French, Lieutenant Charles Varnum, Captain Edward Godfrey, and others whose names are now well-known to Custer students.

Slightly one year after the Little Bighorn battle, Mulford was on the march with General Nelso...