Lost Military

Fetterman Fight

1866 · Lost unit · Near Story, WY

Found

Where. Near Story, WY
Status. Found

The account

Warriors led in part by Crazy Horse lured Capt. Fetterman's 81-man detachment into an ambush and killed every man.

The site is documented at Near Story, WY; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
Within Fort Phil Kearny / Fetterman Battlefield State Historic Site, protected.
What is there: study the documented surveys of Fetterman Fight before going.

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