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Indian War Veterans Buried in Idaho Contact: Idaho State Coordinator Contact: Idaho Assistant State Coordinator |
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KIA: [submitted by Peter Preston]
1. Sheepeater War 1879, in the Chamberlain-Big Creek area in
what is now the Frank Church Wilderness; only known casualty was Pvt Harry
Eagan, Co C, 2nd Inf, KIA 20 Aug 1789, buried on Soldier Bar on lower
Big Creek where there
is a large monument in his honor.
2. Bannock-Paiute War 1878. There were a couple of civilian
deaths, but I'm not aware of any soldiers' deaths or burials in Idaho.
This war culminated in Oregon.
3. Nez Perce War 1877. There were at least 47 soldiers KIA in
Idaho; I don't have a list of names but I know archives somewhere has names.
In Merrell Beal's 1963 "I Will Fight No More Forvever" notes
at least two battles in Idaho:
A. White Bird Canyon (pg 65) 17 June 1877; 34 soldiers KIA,
buried on 27 June 1877 where they fell. Commemorative monument raised at
the site Sept 1927. Two of the 34 KIA include Trumpeter John Jones and
Lt Edward R Theller.
B. Clearwater (pg 81-84) 11-12 July 1877, 13 soldiers KIA, burial
place not indicated.
Here is A soldier that died in the Nez Pierce war in Kilgore, Id
Info from his headstone and my research
Samuel A. Glass
>From New York,
Death: Aug. 23, 1877
(near Kilgore Id)
Clark County
Idaho,
Blacksmith
2 U.S. Cav.
Samuel was injured (Samuel Glass, who received a bullet in the bladder)
in the Nez Pierce battle near Kilgore, Clark, ID, traveling through
Pleasant Valley area where he died from his injuries. His grave is
maintained by the forest service and is well kept. Wild flowers grow on
his fenced in gravesite.
Sourse; Headstone, local legend and my reearch.
http://www.nps.gov/nepe/greene/chap7b.htm
On Tuesday, August 21, General Howard started his wounded on the back
trail to Virginia City escorted by all but eight or ten of the Montana
volunteers. One of the casualties, Blacksmith Samuel Glass, shot through
the bladder during Norwood's action, died August 22 on the way at
Pleasant Valley and was buried there.
http://www.nps.gov/nepe/greene/notes7.htm
Glass's grave, complete with U.S. Quartermaster Department-provided
marker, overlooks Pleasant Valley west of Interstate 15. It can be
reached via the exit at the community of Humphreys, then south on an old
two-lane highway for nearly three miles, then under the interstate and
north on a gravel road for about one mile to the solitary grave above
the valley.
Burial:
Soldier Grave, Humphrey Exit
Clark County
Idaho, USA
Indian War Veterans Buried in Idaho
Bingham County
- Buffalo Horn, (Headstone Reads) BANNOCK WAR CHIEF / BUFFALO HORN DIED JUNE 1878 at SOUTH MOUNTAIN, IDAHO TERRITORY U.S. ARMY INDIAN SCOUT / SERVED UNDER GENERAL O. O. HOWARD IN NEZ PERCE CAMPAIGN 1877 AND GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER AND GENERAL NELSON MILES IN THE ROSEBUD SIOUX WAR JUNE 17, 1876 - DISCHARGES SEPTEMBER 20, 1877. KILLED BANNOCK WAR OF 1878 - CAUSE OF WAR AT CAMAS PRAIRIE BEGAN WHEN WHITE SETTLERS LIVESTOCK DAMAGED CAMAS ROOTS. buried Ft Hall Mission Church Cemetery / Episcopal Church / in Ft Hall Town.
Gem County
- Williams, George M, 2nd Regiment Oregon M&D Volunteers, Co. H, Sweet-Montour Cemetery, in Sweet, Idaho
- McQuade, Andrew, Bannock Indian War (went to Oregon with Rube Robbins), Sweet-Montour Cemetery, in Sweet, Idaho