Rosebud Creek battle - 1876-2025

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Rosebud Creek battle -  June 17, 1876 - in 2021 I posted some native, Cheyenne, Lakota etc, warriors' accounts of the battle, where general Crook aided by Washakie and Plenty Coups was defeated by Crazy Horse, the blotahunka of the Oglala  Lakota.

Today I want to commemorate the battle and its participants with the prints from American media of the period.

the Lakota-Cheyenne allies would fight another grand battle at the Greasy Gras/ Little Big Horn river in 8  days. 
Here a presentation by the Rosebud Battlefield State Historical Park - via archive world library.

Stanley Vestal, Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull - could be borrowed from https://archive.org library 

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Ligny & Quatre Bras - June 16, 1815

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there is a war in the Middle East - Israel suddenly attacked Iran last Friday. God have mercy on the people of the region and hopefully  the ancient monuments will survive both in the Holy Land and in Persia. 

a little remembrance from the Napoleonic Era - on this day but in 1815 two filed battles were fought during the so called Waterloo campaign.

Battle of Ligny 

and battle of Quatre Bras - two serious battles . 

Pacaem aeternam to all fallen and veterans who survived to fight another day, as on June 18 two battle were to be fought - Wavre and Waterloo.

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US Army - 1775 AD - 'happy birthday'

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June 14 has been declared the birthday of our US Army. 

It has been 250 years since the creation of the Army - vivat!

Happy Birthday to all soldiers and officers, veterans and families of those who served and are serving. 

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Belden, the white chief- apishamore saddle circa 1870

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George P. Belden, native of Ohio, was a cavalryman in the Nebraska Cavalry and then got his Lieutenant's commission in the regular army as as 2nd Lt US 2nd Cavalry , serving in Dakota Territory and Wyoming Territory. He was cashiered from the Army in Nov 1869, and died in 1871. 
He wrote and published his experiences as Belden, The White Chief; or Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains (Vet pub, NY- 1870), with illustrations based on his and fellow soldier, Mr. Innman, drawings.

Within his book there is a short chapter on the 'apishamore'  or soft pad saddle made for  White Bear by his wife.

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to be continued

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