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    Frederick William Benteen (August 24, 1834 – June 22, 1898) was a military officer who first fought during the American Civil War. He was appointed to...
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    (A, G, and M) and three were placed under the command of Captain Frederick Benteen (H, D, and K). Five companies (C, E, F, I, and L) remained under Custer's...
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    1979 Fred Astaire (1899-1987), born Frederick Austerlitz Frederick Benteen, American military officer Frederick Cronyn Betts, Canadian politician and...
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    forces into three battalions: one led by Major Reno, one by Captain Frederick Benteen, and one by himself. Captain Thomas M. McDougall and Company B were...
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    The site of the connected military action led by Marcus Reno and Frederick Benteen is also part of the National Monument, but is about 3 miles (4.83 km)...
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    the battle as part of the forces with Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen. Calhoun was born in Cincinnati, Ohio into a prestigious and wealthy...
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    Reno Hill, Reno's depleted and shaken troops were joined by Captain Frederick Benteen's column (Companies D, H and K), arriving from the south. This force...
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  • captive by the 7th Cavalry after the battle. According to Captain Frederick Benteen, chief of scouts Ben Clark, and Cheyenne oral history, Custer "cohabited"...
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    come into the village from the opposite side; Custer ordered Captain Frederick Benteen with three companies to reconnoiter the areas south of the Sioux camp...
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    father of Helen Keller in the 2000 remake of The Miracle Worker; Capt. Frederick Benteen, a U.S. 7th Cavalry officer under General Custer's command in Son...
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    commanders, Col. Edward F. Winslow, was wounded and succeeded by Lt. Col. Frederick Benteen, who would later ride to fame at Little Bighorn. Despite these setbacks...
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    discovered and initially buried. George Custer was alleged (by Captain Frederick Benteen, chief of scouts Ben Clark, and Cheyenne oral tradition) to have unofficially...
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  • Flower Britt Lomond as General George Custer Herbert Rudley as Captain Frederick Benteen Sydney Smith as General Alfred Terry John War Eagle as Chief Sitting...
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    Godfrey Commanding), serving in the battalion commanded by Capt. Frederick Benteen. During the June 1876 expedition to the Little Bighorn River, Lieutenant...
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    role 1967 The Christmas Kid Joe Novak 1967 Custer of the West Capt. Frederick Benteen 1968 The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell Lt. (J.G.) Lyman P. Jones...
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  • and Colonel Moodus. Capt. Benteen, the commander if the USS Lakotam shares a name with Frederick Benteen. Frederick Benteen was commander of a battalion...
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    author of the famous "last message" to Frederick Benteen, carried by Sergeant John Martin, that read: Benteen. Come On. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs...
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  • George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick Benteen, Crazy Horse, and others. Originally intending to write a book of...
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    1966: The Time Tunnel (Season 1 Episode 8: "Massacre") – Captain Frederick Benteen 1966: Star Trek (Season 1 Episode 14: "Balance of Terror") – Stiles...
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  • Iran-Contra Affair. In the TV mini-series Son of the Morning Star, Captain Frederick Benteen uses this line to explain Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little...
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    L. Barkley (1895–1966), earned the Medal of Honor in World War I Frederick Benteen (1834–1898), best known for the role under George Custer at the Battle...
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    battalions, one commanded by Major Lewis Merrill and the second by Captain Frederick Benteen. Howard reinforced Sturgis's 360 men with 50 additional cavalrymen...
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    resentment within the 7th Cavalry that never healed. In particular, Frederick Benteen, Eliott's friend and H Company captain, never forgave Custer for "abandoning"...
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  • conduct of Major Marcus Reno. Captain Bill Benton (perhaps inspired by Frederick Benteen) is called to the stand, and rather than merely answer questions from...
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  • Little Bighorn, Custer dispatches Jacob Jr. with a message to Captain Frederick Benteen. Jacob Jr. gives a letter for his parents to a friend who is assigned...
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  • into oblivion. Once the commands of Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen have returned, they and the widows hold Benson in contempt, not only...
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  • the 3rd and 4th Iowa Cavalry regiments to lead the attack. Colonel Frederick Benteen was ordered to lead the charge on the bridge. He later served under...
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    another three companies, including Weir's Company D, led by Captain Frederick Benteen as well as a pack train carrying supplies. Weir's company, without...
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  • Elizabeth Custer Ty Hardin as Major Marcus Reno Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Frederick Benteen Lawrence Tierney as General Philip Sheridan Marc Lawrence as the gold...
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    Initially, he was assigned to Company H, commanded by Captain Frederick Benteen. Benteen nicknamed DeRudio "Count No Account" because of his boastful story-telling...
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