Soldier Grave Site

A temporary field hospital and command post were located here as described by Romeyn: A small piece of ground directly in the rear of the steep bluff alluded to was sheltered from the enemy’s fire, and the wounded who could walk or crawl were gathered for attention by the Surgeons. Two fallen soldiers were returned to their hometowns for burial. Twenty-one soldiers were buried in a mass grave. From 1877 to 1903 local residents maintained the gravesite. The remains of the soldiers were removed to Fort Assiniboine in 1903. Then, in 1912, they were relocated to Custer National Cemetery at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The long depression is the only evidence of the mass grave.