This is document pertains to: Correspondence Between Military Officers Regarding Wounded Knee Tragedy. November 24, 1890 to January 24, 1891.
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This is document pertains to: Correspondence Between Military Officers Regarding Wounded Knee Tragedy. November 24, 1890 to January 24, 1891.
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Captain Ruhlen
Rushville, Neb.
The Second Infantry leave for Rushville to-day and will reach that point to-morrow. The
Seventeenth Inf. Leave for Chadron to-day and will reach that point to-morrow.
General Brooke and his staff will be at Rushville to-morrow, en route to Omaha.
Truitt,
Aide
10 Ru 925 A S M C
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National Archives Identifier: 285055
Full Citation: Next Day Arrival of Troops at Rushville and Chadron, Nebraska; 1891; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/next-day-arrival-of-troops-at-rushville-and-chadron-nebraska/, April 9, 2026]
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