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Fort Meade (South Dakota)

Index Fort Meade (South Dakota)

Fort Meade was established in 1878 as a cavalry fort to protect the new settlements in the northern Black Hills, especially the nearby gold mining area around Deadwood. [1]

34 relations: American Indian Wars, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Bear Butte, Black Hills, Buffalo Soldier, Cheyenne, Comanche (horse), Deadwood, South Dakota, Department of Dakota, Fort Meade National Cemetery, Fort Riley, Fort Sully (South Dakota), George Meade, Henry Martyn Lazelle, James W. Forsyth, Little Bighorn River, Meade County, South Dakota, National anthem, Philip Sheridan, Rapid City, South Dakota, Samuel D. Sturgis, Spanish–American War, Sturgis, South Dakota, Sweet Medicine, The Star-Spangled Banner, 10th Cavalry Regiment (United States), 11th Infantry Regiment (United States), 17th Infantry Regiment (United States), 1st Infantry Regiment (United States), 25th Infantry Regiment (United States), 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States), 7th Cavalry Regiment, 8th Cavalry Regiment.

American Indian Wars

The American Indian Wars (or Indian Wars) is the collective name for the various armed conflicts fought by European governments and colonists, and later the United States government and American settlers, against various American Indian tribes.

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Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.

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Bear Butte

Bear Butte is a geological laccolith feature located near Sturgis, South Dakota, United States, that was established as a State Park in 1961.

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Black Hills

The Black Hills (Ȟe Sápa; Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; awaxaawi shiibisha) are a small and isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States.

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Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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Cheyenne

The Cheyenne are one of the indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and their language is of the Algonquian language family.

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Comanche (horse)

Comanche was a mixed-breed horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876).

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Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood (Lakota: Owáyasuta; "To approve or confirm things") is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County.

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Department of Dakota

A subdivision of the Division of the Missouri, the Department of Dakota was established by the United States Army on August 11, 1866 to encompass all military activities and forts within Minnesota, Dakota Territory and Montana Territory.

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Fort Meade National Cemetery

Fort Meade National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Sturgis in Meade County, South Dakota.

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Fort Riley

Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan.

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Fort Sully (South Dakota)

Fort Sully was one of the main military posts located on the east bank of the Missouri river in central Dakota built for use in the Indian Wars.

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George Meade

George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

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Henry Martyn Lazelle

Henry Martyn Lazelle (September 8, 1832 – July 21, 1917) was a career officer in the United States Army.

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James W. Forsyth

James William Forsyth (August 8, 1834 – October 24, 1906) was a U.S. Army officer and general.

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Little Bighorn River

The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming.

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Meade County, South Dakota

Meade County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

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National anthem

A national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn, national song, etc.) is generally a patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.

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Philip Sheridan

Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City (Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County.

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Samuel D. Sturgis

Samuel Davis Sturgis (June 11, 1822 – September 28, 1889) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and later in the Indian Wars.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (Guerra hispano-americana or Guerra hispano-estadounidense; Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.

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Sturgis, South Dakota

Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

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Sweet Medicine

Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of central England.

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The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.

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10th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 10th Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army.

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11th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.

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17th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.

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1st Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army that draws its lineage from a line of post American Revolutionary War units and is credited with thirty-nine campaign streamers.

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25th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The Twenty-fifth United States Infantry Regiment was one of the racially segregated units of the United States Army known as Buffalo Soldiers.

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3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

The 3rd United States Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army.

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4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century.

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7th Cavalry Regiment

The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866.

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8th Cavalry Regiment

The 8th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army formed in 1866 during the American Indian Wars.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Meade_(South_Dakota)

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