Battle of Big Hole. Artistic
rendering appeared in Harper's
Weekly December 28, 1895
Medals of Honor, Big Hole
BROWN, LORENZO D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont. 9 August 1877. Entered
service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Birth: Davidson County, N.C. Date of issue: 8 May 1878. Citation: After having been severely
wounded in right shoulder, continued to do duty in a most courageous manner.
CLARK, WILFRED
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877; at Camas
Meadows, Idaho, 20 August 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia Pa. Date of issue: 28 February 1878. Citation:
Conspicuous gallantry, especial skill as sharpshooter.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM D.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Citation: Bravery in action.
McLENNON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Musician, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Fort Belknap, Tex. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Citation: Gallantry in action.
ROGAN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Citation: Verified and reported the company while subjected
to a galling fire from the enemy.
WILSON, MILDEN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered
service at: Newark, Ohio. Birth: Huron County, Ohio. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Citation: Gallantry in forming company
from line of skirmishers and deploying again under a galling fire, and in carrying dispatches at the imminent risk of his life.
Trap Door Springfield
M-1873 trowel
bayonet
This M-1873 trowel shaped bayonet is made from
tempered carbon steel. The scabbard is made of wood
and covered with very thin black leather. It comes
with a brown wooden plug, which attaches to the
socket and becomes a handle for digging. Overall
length: 15.75 inches.
1881 Rand McNally Map
Note Bannack City and [Jackson] Hot Springs
All Archaeology Data on
air photo
Data on DRG—
scanned map
Army
Springfields
Bullets
Cartridges
Army
Trenches
Siege
Area
1000 yd range
Target and shooter
2 m above ground
Siege
Area
1000 yd range
Target and shooter
1 m above ground
Siege
Area
1000 yd
range
Target and
shooter 0.5
m above
ground
Siege Area—Decreasing Visibility
as Fighters Get Down
Twin Trees Region
Many of the data layers
from the DXF file
should be points (e.g.
bullet locations), but
translate as lines. This
works reasonably well
until you zoom in very
far.
Twin Trees
Sniper
1000 yard range
5 m up in tree
Twin Trees
Sniper
3 m above ground
Sniper
and Siege
Area
Weapons 28 and 35
Weapons 45 & 55
Weapon 49
Henry Path
This translates as 19 line segments, which are not identified as to
which of the 4 weapons they belong to. They could be joined
with a little work by using the common points, but that would not
add much to the image.
Army
Paths
Map above shows the DXF files for the paths of the
soldiers. This would benefit of showing each
soldier in a different color, or by using an
animation to show each solider in sequence.
However, the conversion to a GIS format leaves
only a series of points, with no indication of which
go together. It is unclear why this file translates
differently than the other one.
Chief Joseph, leader of the Wallowa Valley Nez Percé, and General John Gibbon, whom Joseph defeated at the Battle of the Big Hole in
1877, pose together in 1889, twelve years after Joseph's epic retreat.
(Courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives [43201]. Images from the National Anthropological Archives may not be
reproduced without permission.)
Harper's Weekly, vol. 21, pages 641, 905