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The famous Battery E

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Call NumberX-31357CreatorMorledge, C. G. (Clarence Grant)Date1890SummaryBattery E, First Artillery, of the United States Army poses with a Hotchkiss cannon on the Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The soldiers wear winter overcoats and fur caps and mittens.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 21 cm (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 13 cm (8 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States. Army. Artillery, Battery EUnited States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge AgencyDakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine RidgeIndians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine RidgeIndians of North AmericaTeton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine RidgeWounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890Pine Ridge (S.D.)Cannons--South Dakota--Pine RidgeSoldiers--South Dakota--Pine RidgeCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031357Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromLouise Stegner of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1951.NotesCondition: Emulsion deterioration on plate with large chip on left side. Formerly F8857. Title inked on plate image with "Battery"; inked on bottom plate border: "Hollfry (?) F Emer" and "No 116"; hand-written on back of print: "Pine Ridge Agency, S.D., the famous Battery E"; R7100313577

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The famous Battery E