Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
Partly-printed Document Signed by William Badger, 1st Lt. 6th Infantry, 1pp. large folio, Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, March 3, 1877, signed by twenty three men of the regiment in receipt of their pay deposited at the 1st National Bank in St. Paul Minnesota. Fine condition. For six years after the Civil War, the 6th Infantry regiment served at various stations in Georgia and South Carolina. It moved to Fort Hays, Kansas, in October 1871. For the next several years, the regiment saw duty on the frontier in Kansas, Colorado, the Dakotas, Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. In 1872, the regiment was in the Dakota Territory, fighting many engagements against hostile Indian forces. In 1872 and 1873, the regiment earned Campaign Streamers - NORTH DAKOTA 1872 and NORTH DAKOTA 1873. The next several years saw much action for the regiment during the Indian Wars, and they were awarded Campaign Streamers - MONTANA 1879, LITTLE BIG HORN, CHEYENNES, and UTES.
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