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Keeping the Peace on the Musselshell River Frontier
The account follows Corporal John Stanley and the Third Infantry as they patrol central Montana after Custers Massacre and Nez Perce threats. It notes fort building at Fort Maginnis, a Sioux raid near Two Dot, and Stanley’s leadership in scouting duties with Fort Logan and Fort Custer.
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John Stanley
Third Infantry
Montana
Two Dot
Fort Maginnis
Custer
Nez Perce
Stanley
Young Stanley
South
Georgia
Louisiana
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Gibbon
Big Hole
Wilkesbarre
Mr. Stanley
Loder
Musselshell
Sylves Thoes Serwines
St Stanley
Warwick
Eighteenth Infantry
Judith Basin
Eighteenth
Stuninaisis
Tel Se Mee
Fort Keogh
Fort Ellis
Coulgon
Coulson
Boothill Cemetery
Thomas Ruger
Department of
Little Big Horn
Big Horn
Fort Leavenworth
Port Custer
Fifth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
Second Cavalry
Mags High Intiplcay
Whistler
Griffith
Billings
A. A. McElwain
Bunky
Leavenworth
Fort Logan
Corporal Stanley
Lewistown
David Hilger
Fergus County