"Wars come and go but my soldiers stay eternal"
-Tupac Shakur
The 5th infantry and 7th cavalry fought against the nez perce at the bear paw battlefield on Oct. 3rd
until Oct. 6th 1877. Many of the soldiers that at the Bear paw battlefield were buried in a trench and the bodies were stacked on top of each other like firewood. Captain Logan of the 7th infantry and 2nd Calvary. Those units were from Fort Shaw and Fort Missoula. After Captain Logan was killed at Big Hole, Col. Nelson Miles took over the 7th and 2nd. The men who died are 4 officers[ Captain Moylan, Captain Godfrey Captain Hale and Lt. Biddle] The death toll was 18 men killed and 31 wounded. 53 of the 115 officers and men killed or injured in the battle. Many years after the battle the soldiers that died were moved by the U.S. government to an real military monument
-Tupac Shakur
The 5th infantry and 7th cavalry fought against the nez perce at the bear paw battlefield on Oct. 3rd
until Oct. 6th 1877. Many of the soldiers that at the Bear paw battlefield were buried in a trench and the bodies were stacked on top of each other like firewood. Captain Logan of the 7th infantry and 2nd Calvary. Those units were from Fort Shaw and Fort Missoula. After Captain Logan was killed at Big Hole, Col. Nelson Miles took over the 7th and 2nd. The men who died are 4 officers[ Captain Moylan, Captain Godfrey Captain Hale and Lt. Biddle] The death toll was 18 men killed and 31 wounded. 53 of the 115 officers and men killed or injured in the battle. Many years after the battle the soldiers that died were moved by the U.S. government to an real military monument