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The Black Hills Expedition was a United States Army expedition in 1874 led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer that set out on July 2, 1874, from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, which is south of modern day Mandan, North Dakota, with orders to travel to the previously uncharted Black Hills of South Dakota.
The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, [1] until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.
The military column led by General Terry and Custer's 7th Cavalry traveled westward over the prairies from Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory to the Yellowstone River. The Far West , captained by Grant Marsh, brought supplies up the Missouri and Yellowstone river and met the military column at the mouth of Powder River in Montana Territory, near ...
Custer and his wife at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, April 6, 1874. Reportedly at right in gunrack is a Webley RIC used by Custer [15] Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his wife, Libbie, lived at Fort Abraham Lincoln from 1873 until Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the summer of 1876. Approximately 500 ...
Fort Lincoln is a town in Medina County, Texas. It was established on July 7, 1849, by Major James Longstreet, with two companies of the Eighth United States Infantry, [1] after the Mexican–American War. The fort is named in honor of Captain George Lincoln who was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista. [2] The fort was abandoned on July 20 ...
A subdivision of the Division of the Missouri, the Department of Dakota was established by the United States Army on August 11, 1866, to encompass all military activities and forts within Minnesota, Dakota Territory and Montana Territory. The Department of Dakota was initially headquartered at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and then moved to Saint ...
Queen Elizabeth visits Texas in 1991. Historic Fort Worth snowfalls, from 1880s to 1950s. Labor Day in Fort Worth over the decades. Sept. 11, 2001, in Fort Worth and DFW airport. Churches in the ...
A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas, 1874. During the American Civil War, Texas had joined the Confederate States.The Confederacy was defeated, and U.S. Army soldiers arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 to take possession of the state, restore order, and enforce the emancipation of slaves.