Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877
Subtitle: The Military View
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Published: September 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780806125350
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; War & defence operations; c 1800 to c 1900; History - Military / War; Military History - Modern; Wars, 1876; United States; History: American; USA; Military - General; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); Cavalry; United States.; Army; Cheyenne Indians; Dakota Indians
First sentence: When Brigadier General George Crook's army embarked north from Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, on March 1, 1876, its movement precipitated the first major combat of the Great Sioux War.