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Sibley’s Daring Retreat Across Sioux War Zone in 1876
Andrew Burt recalls Major Frederick W. Sibley’s bold 1876 escape from a Sioux threat during Crook’s Goose Creek reconnaissance. Sibley led 25 men, ordered retreat into mountains, and, despite heavy fire and hardship, guided his detachment through rocky passes, woods, and cold river crossings toward Crook’s camp, later rejoining at Big Goose Creek with scouts and fellow cavalrymen.
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Frederick W. Sibley
Eleventh Cavalry
Army
Geveral Miles
San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
Miles
West Point
Plains
Troop E
Second Cavalry
Sibley
General Crook
Crook
Goose Creek
Sitley
Frank Giuard
Baptiste Pourier
Big Goose Creek
Big Horn
Gruard
Baptiste
Grnard
Pourier
Frank
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn
Guard
Giuard
Tongue River
John Becker
Parker
Qruard
Gruard Thought He Recognized In Him White Antelope
White Antelope
Gouard
Sibiey
Crook’s Ca
Big Goose
Dewees
Rawdlle
Cornwell
Collins
Cnsted
Andrew Burt