How did Captain Miles Keogh’s Horse Comanche Survive Custer’s Last Stand at Little Bighorn River?
Captain Miles Keogh’s horse, Comanche, who was found wounded but still breathing, survived Custer’s Last Stand. After being rescued and nursed back to health by the U.S. Army in 1876, he was put to work trotting in parades and making other heroic public appearances. In April, 1878, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis issued a humane order