CAPTAIN BRADFORD RIPLEY ALDEN MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1948
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS
Photograph By: BARRY SWACKHAMER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
CAPTAIN ALDEN LED 10 MEN OF THE 4TH U.S. INFANTRY FROM FORT JONES AND 80 VOLUNTEERS FROM YREKA OVER THESE MOUNTAINS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. THIS FORCE AUGMENTED BY 100 VOLUNTEERS FROM OREGON DEFEATED THE INDIANS ON BATTLE MOUNTAIN WHERE CAPTAIN ALDEN WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED.
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