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unusual facts about John Milton Thayer


John Thayer

John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), former United States Senator from Nebraska and Civil War general


Battle Creek, Nebraska

In 1859, following complaints of Pawnee depredations against settlers in the Elkhorn River valley, a combined force of Nebraska Territorial Militia under the command of General John Milton Thayer and 2nd U.S. Army Dragoons under Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson prepared to attack a Pawnee village.


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