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 "McKay, the San Francisco Bulletin correspondent taking notes on the battlefield near Gen. Gillem's camp. At the left are two Warm Springs scouts, on the lookout for Modocs." Modoc Indian War, in California and Oregon lava beds, 1872--73. [256kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons, commanded by Gen. George A. Custer, crossing the plains of Dakota Territory. By W. H. Illingworth, 1874 Black Hills expedition. [275kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Cinching and loading pack mule with flour during starvation march of Gen. George Crook's expedition into the Black Hills. By S. J. Morrow, 1876. [244kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Horsedrawn stretcher carrying a wounded man from the Battle of Slim Buttes, Dak. Terr. By Morrow, 1876. [229kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Co. B~ 10th Infantry~, crossing Gila River in buckboard wagons near San Carlos, Ariz. Terr., ca.1885. [177kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Typical stage of the Concord type used by express companies on the overland trails. Soldiers guard from atop, ca. 1869. [154kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U.S. Army [standing center with white plume in hat], with officers and members of their families, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Terr., 1874." [221kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Construction workers on the military road, from Fort Washakie to Buffalo Fork near the Continental Divide, drive their wagonload of equipment up the summit of To-Gwo-Tee Pass, Wyo. Terr., 1898. [139kb Image from US National Archives]
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 An afternoon of croquet. Ladies, gentlemen, and children on the lawn at Fort Bridger, Wyo. Terr., ca. 1873. Officers' quarters at left, hospital and men's barracks to the right in background. [235kb Image from US National Archives]
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 A panoramic view of the camp at Hidden Wood Creek. By Illingworth, 1874, during Custer's Black Hills expedition. [217kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Our First Grizzly, killed by Gen. Custer and Col. Ludlow." By lllingworth, 1874, during Black Hills expedition. [215kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Hunting and camping party of Custer (standing in center) and invited guests. Fort A. Lincoln on the Little Heart River, Dak. Terr., 1875. [248kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Valentine T. McGillycuddy, surgeon and topographer on hunger march with General Crook's expedition to the Black Hills, Dak. Terr., 1876. [308kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Scene of Gen. Custer's last stand, looking in the direction of the ford and the Indian village." A pile of bones on the Little Big Horn battlefield is all that remains, ca. 1877. [186kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Gen. Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood [Dak. Terr.]. On starvation march 1876." Closeup of a camp scene shows tents improvised from wagon frames during the Black Hills expedition. [295kb Image from US National Archives]
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 General view of the corral and surrounding area at Camp Apache., Ariz. Terr., 1877. [193kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Officers quarters at Ft. Rawlins, Wyoming, May 7, 1877." Two men and a woman holding a baby sit in front of the crude structure. [206kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Execution of a soldier of the 8th Infantry at Prescott, Arizona, 1877." [213kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Heliographic station #3 Bowie District system [Ariz. Terr.] ... Used exclusively in the Apache Indian War." ca. 1885. [195kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Sixth Cavalry training horses at Ft. Bayard, N. M., ca. 1885. [180kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Troop`C,' 5th Cavalry, which arrested boomers and squatters prior to opening of Oklahoma, ca. 1888. [209kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers near Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. Headquarters of the 25th Infantry, ca. 1886." Romantic view showing young woman looking wistfully at the fort across the river. [212kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Crude building under construction at Fort Keogh, Mont., ca. 1889. [197kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Officers in tent by fire during the Pine Ridge campaign, 1890--91. [163kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Return of Casey's scouts from the fight at Wounded Knee, 1890--91." Soldiers on horseback plod through the snow. [121kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Buffalo Bill viewing hostile Indian camp near Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota." By Grabill, January 16, 1891. [143kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "The Good Old Days-canteen at Ft. Keogh, Mont., 1890-94 [177kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "German Singing Society, 22nd Infantry, Ft. Keogh, May 13, 1894." [185kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Gen. William T. Sherman and commissioners in council with Indian chiefs at Ft. Laramie, Wyo.." ca. 1867-68. [186kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Big Foot, leader of the Sioux, captured at the battle of Wounded Knee, S.D." Here he lies frozen on the snow-covered battlefield where he died, 1890. [129kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Shoshone Indians at Ft. Washakie, Wyoming Indian reservation .. . Chief Washakie (at left) extends his right arm." Some of the Shoshones are dancing as the soldiers look on, 1892. [351kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Saber Exercises, Troop 'List Cavalry, Ft. Custer Mont., 1892." An Indian troop of U.S. soldiers. [194kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Parade of U.S. Infantry through Kearney, Nebraska, 1888." [322kb Image from US National Archives]
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 "Officers and guests lunch under giant cactus near Fort Thomas, Arizona." February 18, 1886. [309kb Image from US National Archives]
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 Civil War Veterans, Fourth of July or Decoration Day, Ortonville, Minnesota. On review in center of town, ca. 1880. [309kb Image from US National Archives]
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