The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
And of course it wasn’t safe for any portion, once the resistance began in earnest.
The distances also created specific logistical problems for the Army.
The three forts — Reno, Phil Kearny, and C.F.
Smith — were spread along this length at distances that made mutual support difficult.
Fort Phil Kearny was about 67 miles north of Fort Reno.
Fort C.F.
Smith was about 91 miles north of Fort Phil Kearny.
A force attacking any one post could be confident that help from the nearest post would not arrive quickly, and might not arrive at all.
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