During Your Advance . . .

During the advance, twenty-seven more soldiers of Company C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, under Lt. George Grummond joined the force, along with Captain Fred Brown and two civilian volunteers, James Wheatley and Isaac Fisher. The detail headed up Piney Creek to cut off the wood train attackers from behind. Approximately ten warriors fled from the woods along the creek toward Lodge Trail Ridge. The force pursued them up the Bozeman Trail along the south slope of the ridge, paused at the top, and deployed mounted troops in skirmish lines on both flanks. It then headed north, crossed over the ridge to the area of the monument, and continued its advance along the Bozeman Trail to this position or into the valley ahead.

Wyoming · United States