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Col. Mills, and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry

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Call NumberX-31736CreatorMorrow, Stanley J.Date1876SummaryCaptain Anson Mills poses in front of a trophy tepee from the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory, with Lieutenant Colonel William B. Royall, Captain William H. Andrews, First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, scout Frank Grouard, Private William J. McClinton, and Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka. The battle was the first victory during the Native American Sioux campaigns. It recaptured Custer's Seventh Cavalry guidon or flag to the U. S. Army; it shows displayed against the tepee.Physical Description1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCrook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--19th centuryUnited States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--19th centuryDakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--19th centuryIndians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--19th centurySlim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Commemoration--Dakota Territory--19th centuryDakota Territory--19th centuryMilitary officers--Dakota Territory--19th centuryMilitary scouts--Dakota Territory--19th centuryMilitary standards--American--Dakota Territory--19th centurySoldiers--Dakota Territory--19th centuryTipis--Dakota Territory--19th centuryCuster, George Armstrong, 1839-1876--Associated objects--19th centuryGrouard, Frank, 1850-1905Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031736Type of MaterialStereographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionViews of General Crook's Expedition and the Black Hills.NotesCondition: Prints are soiled. Title, "No. 28," photographer and Crook's series index printed on label on back of stereo card; photographer and series also printed on front borders. R7100317369

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Col. Mills, and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry