The Battlefield

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This file appears in: The Steptoe Defeat, 1858

The valley where the battle was fought is now home to wheat and legume fields. Nearby is the town of Rosalia, where every year, during the first week of June, a festival called Battle Days is hosted by the community.



Photo: Lea Anne Scott 9/12

This file appears in: The Steptoe Defeat, 1858

By Lea Anne Scott
Virginia native Edward Jenner Steptoe graduated from West Point in 1837. His first military service was in Florida against the Seminole Indians. He also fought in the Mexican War. In 1854 he became commander of Fort Walla Walla in Washington…