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Post by clw on Aug 9, 2008 16:09:04 GMT -6
Does anyone know where Bradley is buried? I tried to look it up today, but found nothing -- not even in Find A Grave.
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Post by stevewilk on Aug 9, 2008 23:12:08 GMT -6
I don't know either, clw, but he was an Ohioan; my guess would be that his body was returned there for burial. Speaking of; this weekend (9-10 Aug) marks the 131st anniversary of the Battle of Big Hole, where Bradley was killed in action.
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Post by clw on Aug 10, 2008 7:06:39 GMT -6
Thanks, Steve. That's what triggered me to look for his grave. That and an upcoming trip to Montana. I considered Ohio too and also Atlanta where his wife and family resided.
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Post by Treasuredude on Aug 10, 2008 7:38:11 GMT -6
There is a footnote in The Battle of the Big Hole by Aubrey Haines that mentions there is a monument for Bradley in a cemetery at Stryker, Ohio. It is doubted that he is actually buried there. P.W. Norris, Superintendent of Yellowstone, went to recover the remains and found they had been dragged from the shallow grave by animals. The book is previewed via Google at the link below. The pages that reference the above information are 108-109. tinyurl.com/5femgu |
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Post by stevewilk on Aug 10, 2008 8:14:52 GMT -6
T-Dude,
Norris went where to recover the remains? I assume Bradley was buried on the battle site?
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Post by Treasuredude on Aug 10, 2008 8:35:49 GMT -6
Yeah, he was buried on the battle site. When Norris went to recover his remains, he was unable to find them. According to the book, all he could find to return to the father was a "mouldering plate and headboard, carved on the field of gore".
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Post by clw on Aug 10, 2008 8:56:42 GMT -6
Yes, Steve. He went to the battlefield, found the handmade marker and returned it to the family. The remains had succumbed to the elements and scavengers. So Bradley is at the battlefield.
T-Dude, with dialup it's almost impossible to check all those Google book references. Thanks so much for the legwork.
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Post by elisabeth on Aug 10, 2008 11:51:00 GMT -6
Seems desperately sad, for Bradley of all people. But I suppose all frontier officers must have imagined that fate for themselves ... Awful.
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Post by biggordie on Aug 10, 2008 12:21:23 GMT -6
The Glory Of It All!!!
What was it Gibbon said - something about being killed by an Indian shooting from behind a rock, and having your name misspelled in the newspapers?!?!?
Gordie
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Post by ignimbrite on Aug 11, 2008 22:05:45 GMT -6
From TreasureDude -
P.W. Norris, Superintendent of Yellowstone, went to recover the remains and found they had been dragged from the shallow grave by animals.
Is this the same Norris that was at the LBH in 1877 looking for Charlie Reynolds grave?
Ruth
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Post by biggordie on Aug 11, 2008 22:31:37 GMT -6
Ruth:
It has to be one and the same.
Gordie
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