Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View

The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 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, it was only one engagement of many in the protracted, disjointed struggle between the US Army and the allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-77 presents the military side of the struggle and offers 15 accounts, with maps, of the many engagements as they were observed by participating officers, enlisted men, scouts, surgeons and newspaper correspondents.