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The Battle of the Big Hole was fought in Montana Territory, August 9–10, 1877, between the United States Army and the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans during the Nez Perce War. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Nez Perce withdrew in good order from the battlefield and continued their long fighting retreat that would result in their ...
Big Hole National Battlefield preserves a battlefield in the western United States, located in Beaverhead County, Montana. In 1877, the Nez Perce fought a delaying action against the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Regiment here on August 9 and 10, during their failed attempt to escape to Canada. This action, the Battle of the Big Hole, was the ...
Big Hole is the only site in the Western United States. In 1890, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was the first such site created by Congress . Originally these sites were maintained by the War Department , but were transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
(See Nez Perce War) In western Montana, Gibbon found the Nez Perce near the Big Hole River. At the Battle of the Big Hole, Gibbon's forces inflicted and suffered heavy casualties, including several dozen Nez Perce civilians, and Gibbon became pinned down by Indian sniper fire. The Nez Perce withdrew in good order after the second day of the battle.
Because of his experience, Looking Glass became perhaps the most important battle leader of the Nez Perce. His prestige, however, was diminished when he allowed the Nez Perce to be surprised by the U.S. army at the Battle of the Big Hole. [3] Looking Glass encouraged the Nez Perce to travel east and seek sanctuary with the Crow nation in ...
Lulled into complacency by their peaceful passage through the Bitterroot Valley, they were attacked on August 9 by Colonel John Gibbon and 200 men in the bloody Battle of the Big Hole. A portion of the fort has been reconstructed at Fort Fizzle Historic Site, [13] adjacent to U.S. Route 12, several miles west of Lolo.
The Big Hole River is a tributary of the Jefferson River, approximately 153 miles (246 km) long, in Beaverhead County, in southwestern Montana, United States. It is the last habitat in the contiguous United States for native fluvial Arctic grayling [4] and is a historically popular destination for fly fishing, especially for trout.
William D. Edwards (1849 – January 24, 1903) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 7th U.S. Infantry during the Indian Wars.A participant in the Nez Perce War, he was one of six men who received the Medal of Honor for bravery against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce at the Battle of Big Hole on August 9, 1877.