Second Lieutenant, Company K, 7th US Cavalry, during the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn. He survived the battle.
The son of Silas and Octavia Elizabeth Rector Hare, he entered the US Military Academy in 1870, and graduated in 1874, ranking 25 of 41 cadets. Appointed 2nd Lt on 17 June 1874. During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he was assigned to Company K, Benteen's Battalion, and survived the battle. Appointed 1st Lt on 25 June 1876, and later commanded Company L, 7th Cavalry. He married Augusta Virginia Hancock, niece of General Winfield Scott Hancock, on 21 June 1878; they had 3 daughters: Camilla, Mary, and Irone, but the marriage would end in divorce. Promoted to Captain on 29 Dec 1890. In the 1896 Apache campaign. Promoted to Colonel, 1st Texas Cavalry, on 14 June 1898, and sent to Cuba during the Spanish American War. Appointed Colonel, 33rd US Volunteer Infantry on 5 July 1899, and took the regiment to the Philippines. Awarded two Silver Star Medals for gallantry in action at San Jacinto, PI, on 11 Nov 1899, and for gallantry in action in Northern Luzon, PI, 4 Dec 1899. Appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers, on 1 June 1900. Retired for disability 16 June 1903. Professor of Military Science, Univ. of Texas 1908-1911, and at Simmons College, 1918-1919. Died of throat cancer in 1929.
Second Lieutenant, Company K, 7th US Cavalry, during the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn. He survived the battle.
The son of Silas and Octavia Elizabeth Rector Hare, he entered the US Military Academy in 1870, and graduated in 1874, ranking 25 of 41 cadets. Appointed 2nd Lt on 17 June 1874. During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he was assigned to Company K, Benteen's Battalion, and survived the battle. Appointed 1st Lt on 25 June 1876, and later commanded Company L, 7th Cavalry. He married Augusta Virginia Hancock, niece of General Winfield Scott Hancock, on 21 June 1878; they had 3 daughters: Camilla, Mary, and Irone, but the marriage would end in divorce. Promoted to Captain on 29 Dec 1890. In the 1896 Apache campaign. Promoted to Colonel, 1st Texas Cavalry, on 14 June 1898, and sent to Cuba during the Spanish American War. Appointed Colonel, 33rd US Volunteer Infantry on 5 July 1899, and took the regiment to the Philippines. Awarded two Silver Star Medals for gallantry in action at San Jacinto, PI, on 11 Nov 1899, and for gallantry in action in Northern Luzon, PI, 4 Dec 1899. Appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers, on 1 June 1900. Retired for disability 16 June 1903. Professor of Military Science, Univ. of Texas 1908-1911, and at Simmons College, 1918-1919. Died of throat cancer in 1929.
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