ss in fierce, close work.

An old sergeant, who was with the Seventh at Gettysburg, when it aided
so nobly in holding Little Round Top, says there was no hotter place on
that historic hill than he found in the Big Hole on the 9th of August,
1877.

After the battle General Gibbon issued the following congratulatory
order to his men:

[Regimental Orders, No. 27.]

HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH INFANTRY,
BATTLE-FIELD OF THE BIG HOLE,
_Montana Territory, Aug. 11, 1877_.

The regimental commander congratulates the regiment upon the
result of the conflict here with the hostile Nez Perces on the
9th and 10th inst. While mourning for the dead, Capt. William
Logan and First Lieut. James H. Bradley and the twenty-one
enlisted men, who fell gallantly doing a soldier's duty, we can
not but congratulate ourselves that after a stern chase of over
250 miles, during which we twice crossed the rugged divide of
the Rocky Mountains, we inflicted upon a more numerous enemy a
heavier loss than our own, and held our ground until it gave up
the field.

In respect to the memory of the gallant dead, the officers of
the regiment will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.

JOHN GIBBON,
_Colonel Seventh Infantry, Commanding._

Official:
LEVI F. BENNETT,
_First Lieutenant and Adjutant Seventh Infantry._

In this connection it is deemed proper to give the following facts in
regard to General Gibbon's record as a soldier:

He was born in Pennsylvania and appointed to the Military Academy at
West Point from North Carolina. Graduated July 1, 1847, brevet second
lieutenant. He was commissioned a second lieutenant September 18, 1847.
Served in the Mexican war and in the Seminole war in Florida. Promoted
to first lieutenant September 12, 1850. Served as instructor of
artillery at West Point 1854 to 1859. Promoted to captain November 2,
1859. Served in Utah 1860-61. Was chief of artillery on General
McDowell's staff, October, 1861, to May, 1862. Brigadier-general of
volunteers May, 1862.

Was in the battles of Grangeville, Manasas, South Mountain, and
Antietam. Brevetted major-general of volunteers for gallant and
meritorious conduct at Antietam. He held an important command at the
battle of Fredericksburg, where he was severely wounded. Was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel U.S.A. for gallant and meritorious services at the
battle of Fredericksburg. Wa