United States Army Officer. While serving as a 1st Lieutenant and commander of Company G, 7th United States Cavalry, he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. His father, of mixed Scots and Chippewa Indian heritage, was a clerk-in-charge with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and was killed by a Sickanie Indian in 1844. Donald McIntosh would later reside at a variety of HBC posts - Vancouver from 1846 to 1851, Fort Dalles from 1854 to 1860, and Fort Steilacoom in 1861. During the Civil War he served as the chief clerk for Colonel Daniel Rucker. After the war he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry, on August 17, 1867, and joined the regiment at Fort Harker, Kansas. Appointed 1st Lieutenant on March 22, 1870, he was reassigned to Company G, where he became its senior officer and thus commander. At the June 25, 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn, he was assigned to the battalion commanded by Major Marcus Reno's Battalion, and was shot down in the valley fight while trying to rally his men. Originally buried on the battlefield, then moved to Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in July 1877, he was eventually re-interred October 1909 at Arlington National Cemetery by his widow.
United States Army Officer. While serving as a 1st Lieutenant and commander of Company G, 7th United States Cavalry, he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. His father, of mixed Scots and Chippewa Indian heritage, was a clerk-in-charge with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and was killed by a Sickanie Indian in 1844. Donald McIntosh would later reside at a variety of HBC posts - Vancouver from 1846 to 1851, Fort Dalles from 1854 to 1860, and Fort Steilacoom in 1861. During the Civil War he served as the chief clerk for Colonel Daniel Rucker. After the war he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry, on August 17, 1867, and joined the regiment at Fort Harker, Kansas. Appointed 1st Lieutenant on March 22, 1870, he was reassigned to Company G, where he became its senior officer and thus commander. At the June 25, 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn, he was assigned to the battalion commanded by Major Marcus Reno's Battalion, and was shot down in the valley fight while trying to rally his men. Originally buried on the battlefield, then moved to Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in July 1877, he was eventually re-interred October 1909 at Arlington National Cemetery by his widow.
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