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2 unusual facts about Battle of Milk Creek


Battle of Milk Creek

Orders descended from General Sherman in Washington to General Philip Sheridan in Chicago to General George Crook in Omaha to send a force expeditiously to aid Meeker.

A reconnaissance team comprising about four officers including Major Thornburgh and two scouts probed cautiously toward the crest of Yellow Jacket Pass seeing as they proceeded mounted warriors passing back and forth along its crest.



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