Battles and skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 : the military view

Summary: The Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 is memorable to most Americans because of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's last stand at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet despite its infamy, the engagement was only one of many in the protracted, disjointed struggle between the United States Army and the allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. This collection presents the military side of the struggle and offers fifteen accounts of the engagements, with maps, s they were observed by participating officers, enlisted men, scouts, surgeons, and newspaper correspondents.

Record details

ISBN: 0806126698
ISBN: 9780806126692
ISBN: 0806125357 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780806125350 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction. The Great Sioux War: A Military Perspective / Jerome A. Greene -- 1. The Battle of Powder River, March 17, 1876 / Robert E. Strahorn -- 2. Tbe Skirmish at Tongue River Heights, June 9, 1876 / Reuben Briggs Davenport -- 3. The Battle of Rosebud Creek, June 17, 1876 / Reuben Briggs Davenport -- 4. The Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25-26, 1876 / William Jackson -- 5. Sibley's Ordeal in the Big Horns, July 6-9, 1876 / Baptiste Pourier -- 6. The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, July 17, 1876 / Charles King -- 7. The Skirmish at Powder River, August 2, 1876 / Orlando H. Moore -- 8. The Starvation March and the Battle of Slim Buttes, September 9, 1876 / Bennett A. Clements and Anson Mills -- 9. The Spring Creek Encounters, October 11, 15, and 16, 1876 / Oskaloosa M. Smith and Alfred C. Sharpe -- 10. The Battle of Cedar Creek, October 21, 1876 / James W. Pope -- 11. The Fort Peck Expedition, November 6-December 13, 1876 "Regular" -- 12. The Fights at Bark Creek and Ash Creek, December 1876 / Frank D. Baldwin -- 13. The Crook-Mackenzie Campaign and the Dull Knife Battle, November 25, 1876 / Henry H. Bellas -- 14. The Wolf Mountains Expedition and the Battle of Wolf Mountains, January 8, 1877 / Henry R. Tilton and Edmond Butler -- 15. The Lame Deer Fight, May 7, 1877 / John F. McBlain.