At the Little Big Horn battle

June 25-26, 1876.

Dewitt Winney was killed in the hilltop fight on the evening of June 25. He was the First Sergeant of Company K. He was enlisted on November 6, 1872, at age 27, in New York City, by Captain Edwin Sumner. His previous occupation was as a laborer. He had gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion and was 5' 4 1/2" tall. He is listed as De Witt Winney on the battle monument. There is an account of his death in Edward Godfrey's "The Field Diary of Edward Godfrey." Winney was born in 1845 in Saratoga, New York.

 


BATTLE STATISTICS OF THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN

JUNE 25-26, 1876

 

Commissioned Officers Killed

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, Commanding Regiment

1st Lieutenant William Winer Cooke, Regimental Adjutant

Captain Myles Walter Keogh, Commanding Company I

Captain George W. Yates, Commanding Company F

Captain Thomas Ward Custer, Commanding Company C

1st Lieutenant Donald McIntosh, Commanding Company G

1st Lieutenant James Calhoun, Commanding Company L

1st Lieutenant James E. Porter, Second-in-command, Company L

1st Lieutenant Algernon E. Smith, Commanding Company E

2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Hubert Hodgson, Adjutant to Major Marcus A. Reno

2nd Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, Second-in-command, Company C

2nd Lieutenant James Garland Sturgis, Second-in-command, Company E

2nd Lieutenant William Van W. Reily, Second-in-command, Company F

2nd Lieutenant John Jordan Crittenden, Second-in-command, Company L

Assistant Surgeon George E. Lord

Acting Assistant Surgeon James M. DeWolf


Enlisted Men Killed

Non-Commissioned Staff

 

Sergeant Major William H. Sharrow

Chief Trumpeter Henry Voss

 


Company A

Corporal James Dalious

Private John E. Armstrong

Private James Drinan

Private James McDonald

Private William Moodie

Private Richard Rollins

Private John Sullivan

Private Thomas P. Sweetser

 


Company B

Private Richard Dorn

Private George B. Mask

 


Company C

1st Sergeant Edwin Bobo

Sergeant Jeremiah Finley

Sergeant George August Finckle

Corporal Henry E. French

Corporal John Foley

Corporal Daniel Ryan

Trumpeter Thomas J. Bucknell

Trumpeter William Kramer

Saddler George Howell

Blacksmith John King

Private Fred E. Allan

Private John Brightfield

Private Christopher Criddle

Private George Eiseman

Private Gustave Engle

Private James Farrand

Private Patrick Griffin

Private James Hathersall

Private John Lewis

Private Frederick Meier

Private August Meyer

Private Edgar Phillips

Private John Rauter

Private Edward Rix

Private James H. Russell

Private Ludwick St. John

Private Samuel S. Shade

Private Jeremiah Shea

Private Nathan Short

Private Alpheus Stuart

Private Ygnatz Stungewitz

Private John Thadus

Private Garrett Van Allen

Private Oscar L. Warner

Private Willis B. Wright

Private Henry Wyman

 


Company D

Farrier Vincent Charley

Private Patrick M. Golden

Private Edward Housen

 


Company E

1st Sergeant Frederick Hohmeyer

Sergeant John S. Ogden

Sergeant William B. James

Corporal Thomas Eagan

Corporal Henry S. Mason

Corporal George C. Brown

Corporal Albert H. Meyer

Trumpeter Thomas McElroy

Trumpeter George A. Moonie

Private William H. Baker

Private Robert Barth

Private Owen Boyle

Private James Brogan

Private Edward Conner

Private John Darris

Private William Davis

Private Richard Farrell

Private John S. S. Forbes

Private John Heim

Private John Henderson

Private Sykes Henderson

Private William Hiuber

Private Andrew Knecht

Private Herod T. Liddiard

Private Patrick O'Connor

Private William H. Rees

Private Edward Rood

Private Henry Schele

Private William Smallwood

Private Albert A. Smith

Private James Smith, 1st

Private James Smith, 2nd

Private Benjamin Stafford

Private Alexander Stella

Private William A. Torrey

Private Cornelius Van Sant

Private George Walker

 


Company F

1st Sergeant Michael Kenney

Sergeant Frederick Nursey

Sergeant John Vickory

Sergeant John R. Wilkinson

Corporal Charles Coleman

Corporal William Teeman

Corporal John Briody

Trumpeter Thomas N. Way

Farrier Benjamin Brandon

Blacksmith James R. Manning

Private Thomas Atcheson

Private William Brady

Private Benjamin F. Brown

Private William Brown

Private Patrick Bruce

Private Lucien Burnham

Private James Carney

Private Armantheus D. Cather

Private Anton Dohman

Private Timothy Donnelly

Private John Gardiner

Private George W. Hammon

Private John P. Kelly

Private Gustave Klein

Private Herman Knauth

Private William H. Lerock

Private Werner L. Liemann

Private William A. Lossee

Private Christian Madsen

Private Francis E. Milton

Private Joseph Monroe

Private Sebastian Omling

Private Patrick Rudden

Private Richard Saunders

Private Francis W. Sicfous

Private George A. Warren

 


Company G

Sergeant Edward Botzer

Sergeant Martin Considine

Corporal James Martin

Corporal Otto Hagemann

Trumpeter Henry Dose

Farrier Benjamin Wells

Saddler Crawford Selby

Private John J. McGinniss

Private Andrew J. Moore

Private John Rapp

Private Benjamin F. Rogers

Private Henry Seafferman

Private Edward Stanley

 


Company H

Corporal George Lell

Private Juilien D. Jones

Private thomas E. Meador

 


Company I

1st Sergeant Frank E. Varden

Sergeant James Bustard

Corporal John Wild

Corporal George C. Morris

Corporal Samuel F. Staples

Trumpeter John McGucker

Trumpeter John W. Patton

Saddler Henry A. Bailey

Private John Barry

Private Joseph F. Broadhurst

Private Thomas Conners

Private David Cooney

Private Thomas P. Downing

Private Edward Driscoll

Private David C. Gillette

Private George H. Gross

Private Adam Hetesimer

Private Edward P. Holcomb

Private Marion E. Horn

Private Patrick Kelly

Private Henry Lehman

Private Edward W. Lloyd

Private Archibald McIlhargey

Private John Mitchell

Private Jacob Noshang

Private John O'Bryan

Private John Parker

Private Felix James Pitter

Private George Post

Private James Quinn

Private William Reed

Private John W. Rossbury

Private Darwin L. Symms

Private James E. Troy

Private Charles Von Bramer

Private William B. Whaley

 


Company K

1st Sergeant Dewitt Winney

Sergeant Robert M. Hughes

Corporal John J. Callahan

Trumpeter Julius Helmer

Private Elihu F. Clear

 


Company L

1st Sergeant James Butler

Sergeant William Cashan

Sergeant Amos B. Warren

Corporal William H. Harrison

Corporal John Seiler

Corporal William H. Gilbert

Trumpeter Frederick Walsh

Blacksmith Charles Siemon

Saddler Charles Perkins

Private George E. Adams

Private William Andrews

Private Anthony Assadaly

Private Elmer Babcock

Private Ami Cheever

Private William B. Crisfield

Private John L. Crowley

Private William Dye

Private James J. Galvan

Private Charles Graham

Private Henry Hamilton

Private Weston Harrington

Private Louis Haugge

Private Francis T. Hughes

Private Thomas G. Kavanagh

Private Louis Lobering

Private Charles McCarthy

Private Peter McGue

Private Bartholomew Mahoney

Private Thomas E. Maxwell

Private John Miller

Private David J. O'Connell

Private Oscar F. Pardee

Private Christian Reibold

Private Henry Roberts

Private Walter B. Rogers

Private Charles Schmidt

Private Charles Scott

Private Bent Siemonson

Private Andrew Snow

Private Byron Tarbox

Private Edmond D. Tessier

Private Thomas S. Tweed

Private Johann Michael Vetter

 


Company M

Sergeant Miles F. O'Hara

Corporal Henry M. Cody

Corporal Frederick Stressinger

Private Frank Braun

Private Henry Gordon

Private Jacob Gebhart

Private Henry Klotzbucher

Private George Lorentz

Private William D. Meyer

Private George E. Smith

Private David Summers

Private Henry Turley

Private Henry C. Voight

 


Civilians

Boston Custer, brother of George and Thomas

Henry Armstrong Reed, nephew of George

Mark Kellogg, newspaper reporter for the Bismarck, Dakota Territory, Tribune, and the Nework Herald

Frank C. Mann, Chief Packer

Charley Reynolds, Chief Scout

Isaiah Dorman, Negro-Indian Interpreter

Indian Scouts

Mitch Bouyer, half-breed

Bloody Knife

Bob-Tailed Bull

Little Brave