SOLDIERS ARE EVACUATED FROM THE LITTLE BIG HORN BY STEAMBOAT (THC) Today in history June 30, 1876 After a slow two-day march, the wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Big Horn reach the steamboat Far West. The Far West had been leased by the U.S. Army for the duration of the 1876 campaign against the hostile Sioux and Cheyenne Indians of the Northern Plains. Under the command of the skilled civilian Captain Grant Marsh, the 190-foot vessel was ideal for navigating the shallow waters of the Upper Missouri River system. The boat drew only 20 inches of water when fully laden and Marsh managed to steam up the shallow Big Horn River in southern Montana in June 1876. There, the boat became a headquarters for the armys planned attack on a village of Sioux and Cheyenne they believed were camping on the nearby Little Big Horn River
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:37:57 +0000
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