Captains Fetterman and Brown are reputed to have committed suicide by shooting each other in the head to avoid capture, but the official army autopsy report gives a throat wound as the …

Sep 14, 2011 · The Fetterman Battlefield, southeast of present Story, Wyo., marks the spot where Capt. William Fetterman and all 80 men under his command were killed Dec. 21, 1866 by …

Nov 16, 2009 · With 81 fatalities, the Fetterman Massacre was the army’s worst defeat in the West until the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.

The Fetterman Fight, and its loss of the lives of 76 enlisted men, three officers and two civilians, shocked the nation, and influenced government policy and attitudes towards the Plains Indians …

Jul 11, 2023 · While some still call it a “ massacre,” many began referring to it as “Fetterman’s Fight” – a more accurate depiction when one examines the true definition of a massacre and …

Learn about the Fetterman Massacre, a devastating defeat for the U.S. Army in the 1860s Dakota Territory. Read about the ambush of Captain William J. Fetterman and his 80 men by 2,000 …

The Fetterman Massacre, occurring in December 1866 during Red Cloud's War, was a significant conflict between the United States Army and Native American tribes, primarily the Sioux, …

…to that point, the so-called Fetterman Massacre reignited the anti-Indigenous sentiment that had flared in the eastern states after the Dakota War of 1862.

The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December …

7 Letter by Dr. C. M. Hines recounting the Fetterman Fight, incorporated into “Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the 39th Congress”, February 6, 1867, American Heritage Center …