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    Red Buttes/Custard’s Wagon Train (July 26, 1865) After the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, where the Cheyenne and Sioux had successfully chased chased the soldiers back into the post, they turned their eyes to the approaching wagon train. The five supply wagons, guarded by Sergeant Amos J. Custard and 25 soldiers of the Kansas Cavalry, had left Sweetwater Station on July 25, 1865 and camped for the night at Willow Springs, which was about the halfway point to Platte Bridge. That evening Lieutenant Henry C. Bretney and Captain A. Smith Lybe with their detachments, also on their way to Platte Bridge, stopped at Custard’s camp and suggested he join them; however, Custard declined.

    Red Buttes/Custard’s Wagon Train (July 26, 1865)

    After the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, where the Cheyenne and Sioux had successfully chased chased the soldiers back into the post, they turned their eyes to the approaching wagon train. The five supply wagons, guarded by Sergeant Amos J. Custard and 25 soldiers of the Kansas Cavalry, had left Sweetwater Station on July 25, 1865 and camped for the night at Willow Springs, which was about the halfway point to Platte Bridge. That evening Lieutenant Henry C. Bretney and Captain A. Smith Lybe with their detachments, also on their way to Platte Bridge, stopped at Custard’s camp and suggested he join them; however, Custard declined.

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