Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
William Judd Fetterman (c. 1833 – December 21, 1866) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the subsequent Red Cloud's War on the Great Plains. Fetterman was killed along with his command of 80 men in the Fetterman Fight .
Fort Fetterman was built as a major supply point for the United States army's operations in the area. Established on July 19, 1867, by Companies A, C, H, and I of the 4th U.S. Infantry under the command of Major William E. Dye, the fort was named in honor of Captain William J. Fetterman, [2] who was killed in a battle with Indians near Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866.
Fetterman’s rise to prominence and other attacks from the right. Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks during a rally as his wife Gisele Barreto Fetterman looks on at ...
Senator John Fetterman drew the ire of viewers after attending Trump’s inauguration in nothing but a hoodie and a pair of shorts. Senator speaking at a podium during a presidential inauguration ...
A post shared on Facebook claims Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is purportedly switching his political affiliation to the Republican Party. Verdict: False Fetterman denied the claim ...
Red Cloud's War (also referred to as the Bozeman War or the Powder River War) was an armed conflict between an alliance of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho peoples against the United States and the Crow Nation that took place in the Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868.
From Fort Abraham Lincoln marched the Dakota Column, commanded by General Alfred Terry, with 15 companies or about 570 men, including Custer and all 12 companies of the Seventh Cavalry. [44] The Montana Column, commanded by Colonel John Gibbon, departed Fort Ellis. [45] General Crook commanded a third column that departed Fort Fetterman to head ...