William Spencer McCaskey

Photograph Courtesy of Raymond K. Johnson

Gravestone of William McCaskey at the San Francisco National Cemetery
(The Presidio)

Although not a member of the Seventh Cavalry on that fateful day, William Spencer McCaskey does have significance in Little Big Horn history. He was stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln at the time, and it was his duty to go to Libbie Custer to tell her of her husband's fate.

— Raymond K. Johnson