Word: remounted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reno ordered his men to remount and charge through the encircling Indians in a desperate fight to escape annihilation. By the time the retreating force managed to recross the river, less than two hours after first fording it, 32 men had been killed, 18 wounded, and 18 were missing. Reno and his survivors hastily dug defensive positions atop a hill on the east bank of the river where they were reinforced by three other cavalry companies, but remained pinned for nearly 20 hours, fighting off as many as 4,000 Indians. Only with the threat of the arrival of fresh...