Where a hundred soldiers were killed the struggle for the powder river country in 1866 and the making of the fetterman myth monnett john h isbn 9780826345042 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. On december 21 1866 the struggle climaxed when a well organized force of lakota northern cheyennes and arapahos attacked and destroyed a detachment of forty nine infantrymen and three officers of the 18th infantry twenty seven troopers of the 2nd cavalry and two civilians under the command of captain william judd fetterman near fort phil kearny the battle of where a hundred soldiers were killed or hundred in the hand as the event is still called was the worst defeat the us army . On december 21 1866 the struggle climaxed when a well organized force of lakota northern cheyennes and arapahos attacked and destroyed a detachment of forty nine infantrymen and three officers. Where a hundred soldiers were killed the struggle for the powder river country in 1866 and the making of the fetterman myth the powder river country of what is now north central wyoming was one of the most resource rich regions of the northern plains in the nineteenth century