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Michigan Cavalry Brigade
From thence the regiments under orders moved across the plains to the Rocky mountains, for the purpose of aiding in suppressing the war then being waged by the several Indian tribes on citizens in the territories of the far west At Fort Leavenworth the 6th was divided into detachments by order of Gen.-eral Connor, one to constitute a part of the "Left Column Powder River Expedition,"' one to remain at Fort Laramie, and the other to escort a train to the Black Hills. The Powder river detachment, on reaching that point, found that the Indians for which it had been sent in search had managed to escape, and while there it built a fort, known as Fort, Reno.
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