Battle of Rush Creek | |||||||
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Part of the Colorado War | |||||||
Cedar Creek, formerly Rush Creek, near its confluence with the North Platte | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Army | Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, and Arapaho tribes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt. Col. William O. Collins | George Bent | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
185 soldiers | 1,000 warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2-3 killed, 9 wounded | 1+ killed, 2 wounded |
The Battle of Rush Creek took place February 8–9, 1865, between about 185 soldiers of the U.S. Army and 1,000 warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes.[1] It was part of a series of retaliations by the Native American alliance after the U.S. army committed the Sand Creek Massacre. The inconclusive battle took place 4 mi southeast of present-day Broadwater, Nebraska, along both banks of the North Platte River.