RUSH CREEK NEBRASKA

8-9February 1865

{North Platte River Operations}

OR-Series I, Volume XLVIII, Chapter LX, Pg 89

 

 

Union Forces

Detachment, 11th Ohio Cavalry --- Lieutenant Colonel William D. Collins

4th Squadron Companies A,B,C,D, 1st Battalion, 11th Ohio Cavalry --- Lieutenant Patton

3rd Squadron Company H, 11th Ohio Cavalry ---Lieutenant William Ellsworth

2nd Squadron Company I, 11th Ohio Cavalry --- Captain Jacob F. Apt

Detachment, Company D, 7th Iowa Cavalry

            1st Squadron - Captain William D. Fouts

1 Howitzer --- Lieutenant James A. Brown

CASUALTIES= Killed-2, Wounded-9

Partial Casualty List

Harris John A -Pvt -K

Hartshorn William H -Pvt -K

 

Indian Forces

Band of Cheynnes

Band of Ogalalla Sioux

Band of Brule Sioux

Band of Kiowas

Band of Arapahoes

Band of Apaches

Cand of Comanches

STRENGTH= 2,000 to 3,000

 

 

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