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Blunt Victory at Cane Hill 1862 and Mt Griggs Name Change
On November 28 1862 Brig Gen James G Blunt defeated a Confederate force at Cane Hill Arkansas as part of the Army of the Frontier. Blunt later recounts a hard fought battle with Hindman Marmaduke Parsons and Frost totaling about 25000 rebels against 8000 Union troops. The Kansas troops held fast at Prairie Grove until reinforcements arrived on December 7. In 1918 Woodrow Wilson designated Katmai National Monument later Mt Griggs was renamed in 1959 honoring botanist Robert F Griggs.
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James G. Blunt
Kansas
Blunt
Prairie Grove
Leavenworth Weekly Conservative
Frontier
Hindman
Marmaduke
Parsons
Frost
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Alaskan
Katmai National Monument
Knife Peak
Mt. Griggs
Robert F. Griggs