Powder River Battles (1865)

Powder River Battles
	Part of the Powder River Expedition, Sioux Wars
Date	September 1–15, 1865
Location	Powder River, Montana Territory and Dakota Territory, present-day Custer and Powder River counties, Montana and northeastern Wyoming
Result	strategic Native American victory
Belligerents
United States	Lakota Sioux; Cheyenne; Arapaho
Commanders and leaders
Nelson D. Cole; Samuel Walker	Sitting Bull; Roman Nose
Strength
2,000 soldiers and civilians	2,000-4,000 warriors
Casualties and losses
17 killed, 13 wounded	7+ killed, 11+ wounded

The Powder River Battles were a series of battles and skirmishes fought between September 1–15, 1865 by United States soldiers and civilians against Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. The fighting occurred along the Powder River in Montana Territory and Dakota Territory, in present-day Custer and Powder River counties, Montana and northeastern Wyoming.^[2]

^ Brown, Dee (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. p. 114.
^ Wagner, David E.; Bennett, Lyman G. (2009). Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole's Western Campaign of 1865, The Journals of Lyman G. Bennett and Other Eyewitness Accounts. Arthur H. Clark Co. ISBN 978-0-87062-370-7.

[Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee-1] Brown, Dee (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. p. 114.

[odyssey-2] Wagner, David E.; Bennett, Lyman G. (2009). Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole's Western Campaign of 1865, The Journals of Lyman G. Bennett and Other Eyewitness Accounts. Arthur H. Clark Co. ISBN 978-0-87062-370-7.

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