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Forsyth's siege of 1868 battle near Fort Wallace told
The account recounts Gen George Forsyth and 51 men holding a river fort against 450 Cheyennes and Sioux under Roman Nose. It covers brutal combat, injuries, Beecher's death, Forsyth's wound care, and the eventual relief by Col Carpenter's Tenth Cavalry.
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Fort Wallace
McCall
Col. Carpenter
Tenth Cavalry
Col. Forsyth
Forsyth
War Office
Ashington
United States
George A. Forsyth
Roman Nose
Colorado
Chicago
Washington
Frederick H. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Lieut
Spencer and Henry
P. S
Donovan
Pirley
Col
B. H. Carpenter