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Loyd, George, 1SG.
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Junction City special: First Sergeant George Loyd, I troop, Seventh cavalry, one of the oldest soldiers at the post, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Death was almost instantaneous. Sergeant Loyd has seen hard service and has been wounded a number of times. At the battle of Wounded Knee he was shot through the body and was left for dead. Since then he has had two ribs broken and it is thought he was deranged when he committed his last rash act.
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The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant George Lloyd, United States Army, for bravery, especially after having been severely wounded through the lung on 29 December 1890, while serving with Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
Black Hills War/Battle of the Little Bighorn
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June / 1876
Description June 25-26, 1876, The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which occurred June 25–26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory, was the most prominent action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull. The U.S. 7th Cavalry, including the Custer Battalion, a force of 700 men led by George Armstrong Custer, suffered a major defeat. Five of the 7th Cavalry's twelve companies were annihilated; Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, and a brother-in-law. The total U.S. casualty count included 268 dead and 55 severely wounded (six died from their injuries later), including four Crow Indian scouts and two Pawnee Indian scouts.
Public response to the Great Sioux War varied in the immediate aftermath of the battle, but over the next years and decades Custer and his troops became iconic, heroic figures in American history, a status that lasted into the 1960s. The battle, and Custer's actions in particular, have been studied extensively by historians.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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June / 1876
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June / 1876
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories He was appointed a Corporal, on 25 June 1876, filling a vacancy of a soldier killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. During that battle, he was assigned to Company G, 7th US Cavalry, and fought in the valley and the hilltop fight, under Major Reno, as his commanding officer, 1LT McIntosh, was killed in the valley.
