BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
ON THE PRAIRIE HALF A MILE EAST OF THIS POINT, A PARTY OF ABOUT 160 TROOPS WAS ATTACHED BY SIOUX AT DAWN, SEPT. 2, 1862, DURING THE BATTLE, THE FORCE WAS SURROUNDED FOR THIRTY HOURS, LOSING OVER A THIRD OF ITS NUMBER IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL
SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
- Public
- INDIAN WARS
- Plaques On Stone
- 1950
- 340TH STREET AND 690TH AVENUE
- 56270
- K. LINZMEIER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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