Wagon Box Fight
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wagon-box-fight-188-4861005
title:
Wagon Box Fight
text:
The Wagon Box Fight was an engagement which occurred on August 2, 1867, in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud's War. A party of twenty-six U.S. Army soldiers and six civilians were attacked by several hundred Lakota Sioux warriors. Although outnumbered, the soldiers were armed with newly supplied breech-loading Springfield Model 1866 rifles and lever-action Henry rifles, and had a defensive wall of wagon boxes to protect them. They held off the attackers for hours with few casualt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Box_Fight
date created:
2005-04-02T15:03:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:50:49Z
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