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Recollections of the Big Hole War Era Ride to Aid
A.J. N recounts a July to August trek from Butte to the Big Hole battlefront. He details night herding, guard duties, rescue arrivals, wounded soldiers, and camp hardships with companions Frank Ramsell and Ed Supernaut. The narrative notes General Gibbons, Major Clark, and the toll of the conflict on volunteers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Butte
Mill Creek
Bundy Mill
French Gulch
Ed Supernaut
Big Hole
Gibbona
Deer Lodge
Billy Edwards
Butte Voluneera
Hugh Kirkendall
General Gibbons
the Big Hole
Gibbons
Ronan
Clark
General Gibbona
Major Clark
Custer
Fort Missoula
Howard
Helena
Joseph
Charlie Warren
Mac
Woodworth
Kirkendale
Charlie
Warren
Indiana
Doolittle Creek
English
Watson
Army
Chalk Bluff
James Tucker
Marion Lockwood
Seymour Creek
Vic Smith
Tom Parker
Warm Springs Creek
Pete Thomas
William English
Jeer Lodge
Steele
Nannie Kelly
C. D. Joslin
Nannie
Ranedell’s
Frank
Divide Creek
Jim McKizie
Uncle Sam
Jim’s
Stage Road
Glendale
Salusbury
Gibbon
Billy Clark
United States
Montana
A.J. N