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Eighteenth Infantry and the Fetterman Massacre Remembered
A 1866 Absaraka expedition led by Carrington forms the backdrop for the Eighteenth United States Infantry’s famed plains marches. The article recalls Fort Phil Kearney sieges, Fetterman’s loss, Wagon Box Fight details, and the regiment’s long service from Civil War to World War I, with focus on the Absaraka tragedy and related actions.
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Fort Laramie
Bozeman
Absaraka
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
England
Highth United States Infantry
Lincoln
Eighth
West
Grant
Henry B. Larrington
Ohio Militia
Montana
Bozeman Trail
Carrington
Fort Kearney
Nebraska
New Mountain District
Department of the Platte
Fort Reno
Big Horn Mountains
Powder River
Big Horn River
Yellowstone River
Northwest
Second Cavalry
Mountain District
Fort Phil Kearney
Fort C. F. Smith
Sanborn
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Big Piney Creek
Phil Kearney
Red Cloud
Piney Island
Carringon
J. W. Powell
Powell
W. J. Fetterman
Fetterman
Lodge Trail Ridge
Massacre Hill
Buffalo
Sheridan
Wyo
Second
United States Cavalry
Brevet
Wm. J. Fetterman
Stanley Vestal
J. C. Jenness
Plains
South
Manila
Philippines
United States
Islands
Pacific
Continental