The Reno-Benteen Defense - Battle of the Little Bighorn - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Mt
Posted by: Lord Mot
N 45° 31.279 W 107° 22.648
13T E 314327 N 5043614
Located within the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Custer Battlefield, Montana
Waymark Code: WMHP8F
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2013
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This is the location of the Field Hospital set up during the Reno - Benteen Defense at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Marker reads:
After an unsuccessful attack on the Indian camp in the valley, Major Reno and his battalion retreated to this vicinity where they were soon reinforced by Captain Benteen's battalion and the pack train.
In an attempt to find and rejoin Custer they moved northwest, but returned when confronted by warriors. Here the surrounded troops made a desperate stand until the next afternoon when the Indians withdrew as the Terry-Gibbon column approached.