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BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION WAGON TRAIN. The 110 wagons were usually arranged in four columns and flanked bv protecting columns of cavalry. General Custer and his scouts led the way while a battalion of infantry covered the rear. In narrow passes and valleys the column frequently traveled in single file, as it does here in Castle Creek Valley, near Custer, South Dakota. Illingworth photo, 1874. Courtesy of the National Archives.
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