Taking Cover...

Taking Cover... (HM2BBU)

Location: Lolo, MT 59847 Missoula County
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Country: United States of America
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N 46° 44.778', W 114° 10.404'

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During the Civil War, soldiers often fought out in the open causing thousands of casualties. Because of this, the military decided to formally instruct and equip soldiers to entrench themselves. Soldiers and citizens here fully embraced this new strategy.
But in the mountainous terrain of "Lolo Canyon." holes in the ground had their limits of protection. On citizen volunteer "labored arduously" prepare his pit. When he was finished...
"He looked with pride at the results... and then climbed a short way up the hillside to give it a better 'once over'. He returned with a look of genuine disgust... 'Hell, I can see plumb to the bottom of my pit!'"

Brevet Lt. Col. Edmund Rice invented the trowel-bayonet, which was one tool the infantry used to dig the trench and at least three rifle pits. One of the plates from his instruction manual is shown. The Model 1873 Rice trowel-bayonet was designed to be a hand-shovel, a hatchet, and a bayonet. It was credited with helping save the Regiment twelve days later at the Battle of the Big Hole.
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HM NumberHM2BBU
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Placed ByU.S. Forest Service, Lolo National Forest
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Date Added Thursday, September 13th, 2018 at 11:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 715903 N 5180852
Decimal Degrees46.74630000, -114.17340000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 44.778', W 114° 10.404'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 44' 46.68" N, 114° 10' 24.24" W
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Area Code(s)208, 406
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 13459 US-12, Lolo MT 59847, US
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