Fetterman Fight

December 21, 1866 · Wyoming

Result Native American victory

Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors lured Captain William Fetterman's column out of Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming and killed all 81 soldiers. It was the worst US Army defeat on the Plains until Little Bighorn.

United States

Great Sioux Nation

Other

Strength and losses

Strength
81
Killed
81
Deaths
100