Description
1882 Department of Dakota Regimental Team Skirmishers Match Award – Indian Wars. Double sided and named. Named to a member of the 17th Infantry Regiment, – some campaign participation credits are – Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863 Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; Pine Ridge; North Dakota 1872 .
A subdivision of the Division of the Missouri, the Department of Dakota was established by the United States Army on August 11, 1866, to encompass all military activities and forts within Minnesota, Dakota Territory and Montana Territory. (832bp) LH13141
