Thomas Mower McDougall was an officer in the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 who took part in the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Biography

McDougall was born on May 21, 1845 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,911 at the 2010 census. Its Zip Code is 53821....

. His father was Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall (U.S. Army)

Charles McDougall was an officer in the United States Army.-Biography:McDougall was born September 21, 1804 to John and Margaret McDougall in Chillicothe, Ohio. On April 15, 1830 he married Maria Griffith Hanson in Indianapolis, Indiana. They would have six children, including Thomas Mower...

. McDougall would marry a woman named Alice, who died in 1920. He would pass away on July 3, 1909 in Brandon, Vermont. Both he and Alice are buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...

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His brother-in-law was Edwin Burr Babbitt

Edwin Burr Babbitt

Edwin Burr Babbitt was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Babbitt was on July 26, 1862 in New York City to Lawrence, a U.S. Army Colonel, and Fannie Babbitt. He was the son-in-law of Charles McDougall and brother-in-law of Thomas Mower McDougall. Babbitt died on December 9, 1939...

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Career

McDougall originally jointed the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.- United Kingdom and Commonwealth :The rank second lieutenant was introduced throughout the British Army in 1871 to replace the rank of ensign , although it had long been used in the Royal Artillery, Royal...

. Battles he served in included the Siege of Vicksburg. Following the war he accepted a commission in the 14th Infantry Regiment in the United States Army. Later he was assigned to the 7th Cavalry Regiment. On June 25, 1876 he was in command of Company B of the 7th Cavalry, escorting the pack train. When fighting broke out his company would engage in battle with the battalion commanded by Marcus Reno

Marcus Reno

Marcus Albert Reno was a career military officer in the American Civil War and in the Black Hills War against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne...

. Following the battle McDougall would remain in the Army until he retired as a Major

Major (United States)

In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...

in 1904.