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Joel Haworth Elliott (October 27, 1840 – November 27, 1868) was a Union major during and after the Civil War. Joining as a private in August 1861, with Company C, 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment. He saw action at the Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stones River, and was wounded twice.
Major Joel Elliott of the Seventh Cavalry found the trail of the raiders on November 26, which drew Custer and his forces to the Washita. [25] On November 26, the same day that Black Kettle returned to the Washita, a party of Kiowa returning from raiding the Utes passed through Black Kettle's camp on their way to their own village.
Fort Elliott was a United States Army post in the Texas Panhandle, operational between 1875 and 1890 and named for Major Joel H. Elliott, a casualty of the Battle of Washita River in 1868. [ 2 ] : 6
In 1868, the U.S. carried out a surprise attack on Cheyenne families near the Washita River. The land is now a national historic site. 'It was a massacre': Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders push to ...
Apr. 2—Northeastern State University hosted a Zoom conversation Wednesday with Dr. Jeffery Shepherd, of the University of Texas at El Paso, on the history and public memory of the Washita Massacre.
Trails lead from the parking area on 47A through the park. The visitor center features exhibits about the battle, the soldiers and the Cheyenne, as well as a film and a bookstore. The area that the historic site encompasses is part of a 315.2-acre memorial [4] associated with the 1868 Battle of Washita River. Landscape areas mainly to the east ...
Battle of the Washita River; Battle of Wolf Mountain This page was last edited on 21 March 2023, at 17:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The military engagement on Washita River, 27 November 1868, was a battle as combatants on both sides were killed. Major Elliott may have believed he was in a desperate battle but since all in his command were killed maybe it was a massacre. The warriors who killed them were proud of their victory in battle.