Two Old Graves on Rosebud Believed to Honor Cavalry Soldiers
Historian recounts Livingston Montana's early days and the search for two Civil War era soldiers buried on the Yellowstone Rosebud bank. Records indicate Privates Henry Rahmier and Augustine Stocker of Company H Second Cavalry died hunting near the Rosebud mouth in 1876, with a possible site on section 36 near township 7N range 44E.
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AL. H. Wilkins
Grace Stone Coates
Livingston
Sterling
Charles Angus
Carver
Charley
Quartermaster’s Department
Charlie
Nelson A. Miles
Montana Territory
Montana
Fort Keogh
Arthur W. Miles
Angus
Effie
James
Effie Angus
Ed Kirkland
Park County
Great Divide
Nez Perces
Snake Creek
Bear Paw Mountains
Miles
Chief Joeph
Joseph
A. W
Hile
E. C. Sampson
Billings
Yellowstone River
Rosebud
Mr. Sampson
War Department
Billings Gazette
Henry Rahmier
Augustine Stocker
Company H
Second Cavalry
Yellowstone
Sampson
the Rosebud
Miles City
Custer
Little Big Horn
Gibbon
Terry
Big Horn
Seventh Cavalry
Seventh Infantry
Fort Ellis
Stillwater
Crow Agency
Absarokee
James H. Bradley
Curley
White Man
Crow
Hos
Big Porcupine Creek
Thomas LaForge
T. B. Marquis
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Indians Were Expert Thieves of Crow Sioux Raids
An old account details how Crow and Sioux raiders conducted stealthy midnight horse thefts from rival camps. Raiders used green paint, covert routes, and swift escapes, then returned to celebrate with feasts and dramatic recountings known as counting the cops.
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