Randolph County, Indiana
Biographies
Elihu Clear
Contributed by LaMar Anderson
Biographies
Elihu Clear
Contributed by LaMar Anderson
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US Army Medical Department Journal AMEDD Dateline 25, June Surgeons George E. Lord and James DeWolfe were killed in action along with LTC George A. Custer and 215 officers and men of Companies C, E, F, I, and L of the 7th U.S. Cavalry in an engagement with Sioux and Cheyenne tribesmen on the Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory. Also slain were medical orderlies John J. Callahan, Junius Helmer, and *Elihu Clear. Doctor William R. Porter and medical orderlies Harry Abbotts and William E. Robinson survived to treat the 60 wounded men of Companies A, B, D, G, and H. It took the 4 2 most severely wounded cases 11 days to reach the nearest post-hospital at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory. By that time three men had died in transit. (1876) Author Information Dr. Austerman is the Historian, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, TX. Contributed By: Charlene (Sallee) Sidwell |
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