4269 x 2569 px | 36,1 x 21,8 cm | 14,2 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
August 2011
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Fetterman Massacre memorial plaque, Fort Laramie Historic Site, Wyoming, United States
Weitere Informationen:
A memorial plaque, dedicated in 1940 by the Historic Landmark Commission of Wyoming: 'Here on December 25, 1866 John (Portugee) Phillips finished his 236 mile ride to obtain troops for the relief of Fort Phil Kearny after the Fetterman Massacre'. 'Red Cloud's War' (1866-68) was a conflict between the US Army and the Lakota (Sioux), Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians over control of the Powder River Country in Northern Wyoming, through which the Bozeman Trail passed as the quickest route to the Montana Goldfields. The Fetterman Massacre, in which 81 soldiers were killed, including the commanding officer, Captain William J. Fetterman, took place 21 December 1866, 4 miles north of Fort Philip Kearny, on the Bozeman Trail, east of the Bighorn Mountains, in N.Wyoming. The massacre was the worst military defeat suffered by the US Army on the Great Plains until the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The 1868 Treaty of Laramie closed the Bozeman Trail and created the Great Sioux Reservation, which included the Black Hills. During the Great Sioux War 1876-77, Fort Laramie was again a major staging point for supplies and troops.
