Great Sioux War of 1876
1876 – December 31, 1877 · Powder River country
Result United States victory
War between the United States and the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne over the Black Hills, where gold had been found; despite the Indian victory at the Little Bighorn, the US took the Black Hills.
United States
Lakota and Northern Cheyenne
Ulysses S. Grant
President of the United States
Alfred Howe Terry
military commander
Philip Henry Sheridan
Commander of the Division of the Missouri
George Armstrong Custer
Commander of the 7th Cavalry
Nelson A. Miles
military commander
Wesley Merritt
military commander
George Crook
military commander
Battles 9
- Battle of Powder River March 17, 1876
- Battle of the Rosebud June 17, 1876 · Lakota and Cheyenne victory
- Battle of the Little Bighorn June 25–26, 1876 · Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory
- Battle of Warbonnet Creek July 17, 1876 · United States victory
- Battle of Slim Buttes September 9–10, 1876 · United States victory
- Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) October 21, 1876 · United States tactical victory
- Dull Knife Fight November 25, 1876 · United States victory
- Battle of Wolf Mountain January 8, 1877 · American victory
- Battle of Little Muddy Creek May 7, 1877 · American victory