In September 1877, a battle was fought in the Bear Paw Mountains of present-day Montana. While the battle is not one that is often discussed or the topic of historians, it did secure one man’s place in the history books and win a Barnegat man the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The command of General Nelson A. Miles had pursued the Nez Perce, led by Chief Joseph, for several hundred miles as they attempted to escape across the border into Canada.
A New York Herald reporter accompanied the troops. He wrote, “The region round about the Indian camp is woodless and…
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