BATTLE OF BIRCH COULEE MEMORIAL
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.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
INDIAN WARS
Year Dedicated:
1950
Photograph By:
K. LINZMEIER
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