✦ History

Great Sioux War of 1876

1876 – December 31, 1877

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.

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Battles 9

March 17, 1876
Battle of Powder River Powder River
June 17, 1876
Battle of the Rosebud Lakota and Cheyenne victory Big Horn County Crazy Horse, George Crook
June 25–26, 1876
Battle of the Little Bighorn Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory Little Bighorn George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse
July 17, 1876
Battle of Warbonnet Creek United States victory Sioux County Wesley Merritt
September 9–10, 1876
Battle of Slim Buttes United States victory Great Sioux Reservation Crazy Horse, George Crook
October 21, 1876
Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) United States tactical victory Nelson A. Miles, Sitting Bull
November 25, 1876
Dull Knife Fight United States victory Wyoming Territory
January 8, 1877
Battle of Wolf Mountain American victory Tongue River Nelson A. Miles, Crazy Horse
May 7, 1877
Battle of Little Muddy Creek American victory Nelson A. Miles

Key commanders

United States 9

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 Marcus Reno military commander Frederick Benteen military commander

Lakota and Northern Cheyenne 2

Sitting Bull Lakota leader Crazy Horse Lakota war leader