Lex Anteinternet: Big Horn Expedition

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Sunday, March 26, 1876. Big Horn Expedition returns.

The Big Horn Expedition returned to Ft. Fetterman. It was a failure.

The commander of the expedition, Joseph J. Reynolds, would be court martialed for failures associated with the campaign and was convicted on all three charges. He retired in 1877. He died in 1899 at age 77.

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Friday, March 17, 1876. Battle of Powder River

Labels: 1870s, 1876, Army, Battle of Powder River, cavalry, Cheyenne, Great Sioux War, Indian Wars, Montana, Montana (Broadus), Sioux, Wyoming (Laramie)

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Friday, March 3, 1876. Redistributing horses.

Today In Wyoming's History: March 3: 1876 A nighttime raid takes horses and cattle from Crook's Powder River Expedition. The cattle are recovered, but are driven to Ft. Fetterman.

The mysterious Kentucky Meat Shower, in which chunks of meat, apparently, rained down in Bath County, Kentucky, occurred.

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Thursday, March 2, 1876. Belknap resigns.

Labels: 1870s, 1876, 45th Congress, Army, It was because of the Civil War, U.S. Grant, War Department

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Wednesday, March 1, 1876. The Big Horn Expedition commences.

Today In Wyoming's History: March 1: Gen. George Crook left Ft. Fetterman bound for the Powder River basis with a command that was to search for Sioux who were off the Reservation.

Ft. Fetterman had the reputation of being one of the worst forts to be stationed at in the Frontier West, and it had the highest insanity rate of any U.S. military post at the time.

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Saturday, February 26, 1876. The Japan Korea Treaty of Amity.

Labels: 1870s, 1876, Diplomacy, Gunboat Diplomacy, Imperialism, Japan, Korea, Qing Dynasty

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

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