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Battle of Bear Paw: September 30 - October 5, 1877 near modern Chinook: Nez Perce War 49 United States of America vs Nez Perce Battle of Pumpkin Creek: February 7, 1880 near modern Volborg: Sioux Wars 3 United States of America vs Lakota Battle of Milk River July 17, 1879 near modern Saco: Sioux Wars 6 United States of America vs Lakota
The conflict was called the Battle of Milk Creek and the battle site extends over about 1,600 acres. [1] [13] Meeker, others at the White River Agency, Thornburgh, and 11 [10] or 13 of his soldiers were killed in the attack on the Agency and at Milk Creek. Some women and children were taken captive by the Utes.
Milk River, Colo. Oct 2, 1879 – Oct 5, 1879: Company D, 9th U.S. Cavalry: Buffalo Soldier. Voluntarily left fortified shelter and under heavy fire at close range made the rounds of the pits to instruct the guards, fought his way to the creek and back to bring water to the wounded. —
On 29 September 1879, Major Thomas T. Thornburgh [19] of the 4th Infantry, and 12 other soldiers were killed by Indians in the Meeker massacre at the Milk River, in Colorado. In 1892 and 1893, the 4th Infantry under the command of Colonel Robert Hall escorted Coxey's Army through Washington and Idaho to guard the Northern Pacific Railway from ...
The fort was located within a massive military reservation stretching south to the Missouri River, north to the Milk River and containing the Bear's Paw Mountains. It encompassed 704,000 acres (1,100 sq. mi., 2850 km 2) at its maximum extent in 1880. It later was reduced to encompass 220,000 acres (344 sq. mi., 890 km 2). At its peak, it ...
Johnson was awarded the Medal of Honor at Fort Robinson on September 22, 1890, [2] for his actions during the Battle of Milk Creek against the Ute Indians from October 2–5, 1879 in Colorado. His Medal of Honor citation reads:
Samuel Austin Cherry (April 14, 1850 – May 11, 1881) was a lieutenant in the United States Army. He spent most of his military career at posts in Wyoming and Nebraska. In 1879, he participated in the Battle of Milk Creek, where he commanded a group of 20 men in a rear-guard action that allowed their column to make an orderly withdrawal from a superior Ute force and establish a defensive posit
Victorio ' s War, or the Victorio Campaign, was an armed conflict between the Apache followers of Chief Victorio, the United States, and Mexico beginning in September 1879. . Faced with arrest and forcible relocation from his homeland in New Mexico to San Carlos Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, Victorio led a guerrilla war across southern New Mexico, west Texas and northern M