Sioux Wars
August 19, 1854 – January 1891
Result United States victory, Sioux moved to reservations
The United States fought a series of wars against bands of the Sioux on the Great Plains. The conflicts began with the Grattan fight in 1854 and ended with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
Battles 11
August 19, 1854
Grattan massacre
Lakota victory
September 3, 1855
August 17 – December 26, 1862
Dakota War of 1862
United States victory
Dakota Territory
Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Ramsey, John Pope
July 24, 1863
July 28, 1863
September 3–5, 1863
July 28–29, 1864
August 7–9, 1864
July 1 – October 4, 1865
Powder River Expedition (1865)
Stalemate
Powder River Country
Sitting Bull, Patrick Edward Connor, Nelson D. Cole
1866 – 1868
Red Cloud's War
Native American victory
Powder River Country
Crazy Horse, William J. Fetterman, Red Cloud
December 29, 1890 – January 15, 1891
Key commanders
Union 3
Great Sioux Nation 3
United States 9
William J. Fetterman
military commander
William S. Harney
military commander
Nelson A. Miles
belligerent leader
James W. Forsyth
belligerent leader
George Armstrong Custer
belligerent leader
Marcus Reno
military commander
George Crook
military commander
Patrick Edward Connor
military commander
Nelson D. Cole
military commander
