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Louis McLane Hamilton (July 21, 1844 – November 27, 1868) was a cavalry officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
Article memorializes Brevet Major Louis McLane Hamilton, who died leading troops of the 7th Cavalry troops against the Cheyenne during the Battle of the Washita River.
1. Aug. 2020 · Learn about the life and career of Louis M. Hamilton, a captain in the 7th US Cavalry and a grandson of Alexander Hamilton. He was killed at the Battle of the Washita in 1868 while leading a squadron against Chief Black Kettle's village.
- Early Life and Family
- Military Career
- Legacy and Personal Life
Hamilton was born in New York City on July 21, 1844. He was a grandson of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His father, Philip Hamilton (the second), was the youngest child of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, born after his older brother Philip Hamiltonwas killed in a d...
American Civil War
At the age of seventeen, in June 1862, Hamilton enlisted as a volunteer private in the 22nd New York State Militia, serving for three months at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Hamilton then returned home to Poughkeepsie, New York, where he immediately engaged in raising a company of volunteers.On August 18, 1862, during Hamilton's term of service in the militia at Harper's Ferry, President Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, recommending that Hamilton be commissio...
Service after the Civil War
In July 1866, Hamilton became a captain in the newly formed 7th U.S. Cavalry, which was under the command of then-Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Hamilton was the youngest officer of his rank in the regular service. Hamilton was initially assigned to command Fort Lyon in Colorado. Later in the American Indian Wars, he served under General Custer in the Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma. On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1868, Captain Hamilton was serving as officer of the...
Hamilton was buried the following week, on December 4, 1868, at Fort Supply. He was later reinterred at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemeteryin Poughkeepsie, New York, in a family plot where his parents were later buried. Several days after Hamilton's death, a fellow captain in the 7th Cavalry Regiment sent a letter to the Army and Navy Journalmemorializ...
3. Jan. 2024 · In July 1866, Hamilton became the youngest captain in the Regular Army when he joined the 7th U.S. Cavalry and was assigned to command Fort Lyon, Colorado. He was an able and ambitious troop commander who was well liked by his fellow officers.
- New York
- Dr. R. Owen Wyant, (PhD)
- July 21, 1844
CAPTAIN LOUIS McLANE HAMILTON. Captain Hamilton, who was killed in the battle of the Washita, fought between United States cavalry under General Custar, and Indians under Big Kettle, on the 27th of November, 1868, was the youngest officer of his rank in the regular service. He was born in the city of New York on the 21st of July, 1844.
17. Jan. 2023 · About Lt. Louis McLane Hamilton, USA. Hamilton's only child, Louis McLane Hamilton, named after Hamilton's late brother, was born to his first wife Florence. Louis was a lieutenant in the United States Army, and served in the Spanish–American War.
