Powder River Battles (1865)

Powder River Battles
Part of the Powder River Expedition, Sioux Wars
DateSeptember 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 United States Lakota Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Commanders and leaders
United States Nelson D. Cole
United States Samuel Walker
Sitting Bull
Roman Nose[1]
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]

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