Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

Bear Paw Memorial

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

1. Bear Paw Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory
of
enlisted men
2nd and 7th U. S. Cavalry
and
5th U. S, Infantry
killed in action
near
Bear Paw, Montana
September 30, 1877

< Left Side of Monument : >
7th U. S. Cavalry
Troop A
1st Serg’t Geo. McDermott
Serg’t Otto Derglew
Pvt. John E. Cleaveland
Pvt. Lewis Kelly
Pvt. Samuel McIntyre

Troop D
1st Serg’t James S. Alberts
Pvt. Wm. J. Randall
Pvt. David E. Dawsey

< Back of Monument : >
5th U. S. Infantry
Co. B.
Corp’l John Haddo
Co. C.
Pvt. Richard M. Pershall
Co. I.
Pvt. Joseph Kohler

< Right Side of Monument : >
7th U. S. Cavalry
Troop K.
1st Serg’t Otto Wilde
Serg’t Max Meilke
Serg’t H. W. Raichel
Pvt. William Whitlow
Pvt. Francis Roth
Pvt. George Hurdick
Pvt. Frank Knaupp

Troop G.
Pvt. John Irving

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1872.

Location. 45° 34.206′ N, 107° 25.879′ W. Marker is in Crow Agency, Montana, in Big Horn County. It is on Little Bighorn Battlefield Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is

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located in Custer National Cemetery on the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Crow Agency MT 59022, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Montana’s and he Crow Nation,

in Southeast Montana, in Custer Country. It is also in the American Mountain West,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Here We Remember the Fallen (a few steps from this marker); Bear Paw Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); National Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); 1984 Archeological Survey (approx. 0.2 miles away); Peace Through Unity (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wooden Leg Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Seventh Cavalry Horse Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crow Agency.

Left Side of Bear Paw Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

2. Left Side of Bear Paw Memorial

Back of Bear Paw Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

3. Back of Bear Paw Memorial

Right Side of Bear Paw Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

4. Right Side of Bear Paw Memorial

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

5. MOH Marker

In memory of
John Haddoo
Medal of Honor
Corp Co B 5, US Infantry
Indian Wars
Aug 13, 1851 Sep. 30, 1877

Memorial in Custer National Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

6. Memorial in Custer National Cemetery

Bear Paw Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 23, 2015

7. Bear Paw Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 909 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 8, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.