In Dakota Territory, a winter storm catches a detachment of cavalry on the trail and several men die

Two detachments of Company A, Second Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, marching between Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory and Sauk Center, Minnesota, were struck by a fierce snowstorn that observers called the worst in decades.  One detachment reached their destination intact but the other was forced to halt for the night and a corporal froze to death. The company commander and three men who had gone on ahead with him were never found.  (By John Osborne)