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MYLES W. KEOGH

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
MYLES W. KEOGH
(1842 - 1876) American military officer, a captain in the 7th Cavalry in command of Co. I. Keogh was the owner of Comanche, the only surviving horse found on the battlefield. Very rare fine content A.L.S "M. W. Keogh", 4pp. 8vo., Fort Harker, Ks., Aug. 13, 1868 to his brother Tom in London. In part: "…I have recovered almost entirely from the ill effects of breaking my leg. It is perfectly straight…I have again become a Staff Officer & am now Inspector General of this District…inspecting the Posts and Forts in Colorado & on the borders of New Mexico…the journey was a severe one, mostly by stage coach and on horseback...the duties of my office are most onerous…the Indians have again broken out. They yesterday attacked a settlement within forty miles of here & having plundered the place, brutally ravished the women & got away…We are preparing for an Indian War…I send you…a photograph of my Sergeant that the Indians killed last year...The top of the head was cut off…This man was less brutally used than many others…" Very good.