BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1950
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS
Photograph By: K. LINZMEIER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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
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