United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment

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United States Army regiment cavalry regiment

The United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic cavalry unit best known for its role in the Indian Wars, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee Massacre, and later service in major 20th- and 21st-century conflicts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Seventh U.S. Cavalry	1
U.S. Army operations around the Battle of the Little Bighorn	1
United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army regiment ⓘ cavalry regiment ⓘ
activeDuring	Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
associatedWith	1st Cavalry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	United States Army ⓘ
conflictPeriod	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ late 19th century American Indian Wars ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
engagedWith	Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ Nez Perce NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipment	armored vehicles (modern) ⓘ helicopters (air cavalry elements) ⓘ horses (historical) ⓘ
formedIn	1866 ⓘ
garrisonLabel	various U.S. Army posts over time ⓘ
hasSubunit	1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCommander	George Armstrong Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ
motto	Garryowen NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Garryowen NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of the Little Bighorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Nez Perce War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 ⓘ participation in the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 ⓘ
partOf	United States Army ⓘ
role	air cavalry ⓘ armored cavalry ⓘ cavalry ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. Army Cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ
subunitOf	1st Cavalry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	uses the Irish tune "Garryowen" as a regimental march NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	combined arms unit (in modern era) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Foot → associatedWith → United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment ⓘ

Alfred Terry → notableEvent → United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army operations around the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Edgar Rice Burroughs → servedIn → United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventh U.S. Cavalry