Monuments Remembrance of Fetterman Battle on Wyoming Highway
The piece recalls the December 21 1866 Fetterman Massacre near Sheridan and Buffalo Wyoming where 81 men of the 18th U S Infantry and 2d U S Cavalry died under Capt Brevet Lt Col William J Fetterman. It discusses frontier causes and government policy toward Sioux Red Cloud and Montana exploration.
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Sheridan
Buffalo
Wyoming
18TH
U. S. Infantry
U. S. Cavalry
Brevetlieut
WM. J. Fetterman
Red Cloud Opposes Bozeman Road and Forts in 1866
Red Cloud resists a Washington plan for a Bozeman Trail road and armed forts through Sioux hunting grounds. Carrington builds Fort Phil Kearney and Fort C. F. Smith near the Bozeman trail while Red Cloud’s Sioux warriors, numbering up to four thousand, harass supply trains and skirmish near the fort. Desperate defense, limited ammo, and cautious leadership mark the mounting conflict.
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Big Horn Mountains
Platte River
Red Cloud
Washington
Montana
Fort Laramie
Col
Henry B. Carrington
18Th
United States Infantry
Colonel Carrington
Fort Reno
Bozeman Trail
Crazy Woman's Fork
Carrington
Montana Line
Fort Kearney
Neb
Big
Little Piney Creeks
Wyo
American Horse
Big Mouth
Bingham
Bowers
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Northwest
Fetterman
Brown
Fetterman Tragedy Details at Lodge Trail Ridge
Colonel Carrington warned Fetterman not to pursue Indians beyond Lodge Trail ridge. Fetterman moved toward Peno valley, drawing a trap. Ten Eyck led 54 infantry up the ridge, discovering 49 mutilated bodies in a rocky enclosure. most killed by weapons other than bullets. Brown and Fetterman found among the dead.
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Carrington
Fetterman
Brown
Red Cloud
Fort Laramie
Pilot Hill
Pinery
Wheatley
Fisher
Lodge Trail Ridge
Wood Train
Peno Valley
Corral
Hines
Tenodore Ten Eyck
Ten Eyck
Bozeman
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Joan Davis
Mary Jane
Anaconda Lawn
Anaconda Sales CO
Anaconda, Mont
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Metta Astel Sewla
Ppeny, Inc
Freee, Catitenie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Great Falls
Great Falls Junior College
Central Avenue
Department A
Glacier Production Company
Butte, Montana
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