The Battle of Slim Buttes was fought on September 9–10, 1876, in the Great Sioux Reservation between the United States Army and Miniconjou Sioux during...
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Horsemeat March (category Pre-statehood history of South Dakota)
with the Battle of Slim Buttes and the capture and looting of American Horse the Elder's richly stocked village. Disputes over the Black Hills of the Dakota...
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American Horse (elder) (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses and Man That Owns a Sword. On September 9, 1876, American Horse was mortally wounded in the Battle of Slim Buttes fighting to...
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George Crook (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
the village of American Horse the Elder on September 9, 1876. The well-stocked village was attacked and looted in the Battle of Slim Buttes. Crazy Horse...
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John Wallace Crawford (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
news of the great victory by Gen. George Crook against the village of Chief American Horse at the Battle of Slim Buttes during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877...
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settler. It is the location of the annual Reva Turtle Races. The Battle of Slim Buttes occurred here on September 9–10, 1876, in the Great Sioux Reservation...
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supplies stumbled across a small village at Slim Buttes, which they attacked and looted. Crazy Horse learned of the assault on the village and the next day...
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Wesley Merritt (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
made colonel of the 5th Cavalry on July 1, 1876, which he commanded in the Battle of Slim Buttes during the American Indian Wars. As colonel of the 5th Cavalry...
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Frank Grouard (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
the Battle of the Rosebud participated in the Slim Buttes Fight, Battle of Red Fork, helped to assess the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Little...
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John A. Kirkwood (category American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor)
launched an attack on a Sioux encampment of 35 lodges. The engagement would come to be known as the Battle of Slim Buttes. Early in the attack, Lieutenant Adolphus...
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Anson Mills (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
Indians, notably at the Battle of the Rosebud and the Battle of Slim Buttes (1876) where he led cavalry under the command of George Crook. Mills rose...
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Frederick Schwatka (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
Schwatka led the initial cavalry charge at the Battle of Slim Buttes. In 1878–80, at the behest of the American Geographical Society he led an expedition...
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Fetterman Fight (redirect from Battle of the Hundred Slain)
This is not the same American Horse who was killed at the later Battle of Slim Buttes Lazarus, Edward (1999). Black Hills/White Justice: The Sioux Nation...
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Frederick W. Sibley (category American military personnel of the Indian Wars)
recommended for the Medal of Honor. On September 9–10, 1876, the now First Lieutenant Sibley participated in the Battle of Slim Buttes, in Dakota Territory...
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Dull Knife Fight (category Battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
June 9, 1876, the Battle of the Rosebud on June 17, 1876, and the Battle of Slim Buttes on September 9–10, 1876, General Crook received reinforcements at...
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Captain Anson Mills engaged and defeated a force of Indians in September at the Battle of Slim Buttes. Mills had been sent by Crook to obtain supplies...
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Reynolds) (1847–1930) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat during the Battle of Slim Buttes in Dakota Territory on September 9, 1876...
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William Philo Clark (category American military personnel of the Indian Wars)
Crook's pursuit of the Lakota during the late summer and fall of 1876, including the so-called "Starvation March" and the Battle of Slim Buttes. He served...
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Valentine McGillycuddy (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
Surgeon with General George Crook during the Battle of the Rosebud (June 17, 1876), the Battle of Slim Buttes (September 9 and 10, 1876), and the Horsemeat...
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Crazy Horse (category Battle of the Little Bighorn)
Anson Mills and two battalions of the Third Cavalry captured a Miniconjou village of 36 tipis in the Battle of Slim Buttes, South Dakota. Crazy Horse and...
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Sioux (redirect from History of the Sioux people)
Battle of Slim Buttes, Battle of Cedar Creek, and the Dull Knife Fight. Among the many battles and skirmishes of the war was the Battle of the Little Bighorn...
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American Horse (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses and Man That Owns a Sword. On September 9, 1876, American Horse the Elder was mortally wounded in the Battle of Slim Buttes fighting...
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14th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Military units and formations of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
infamous Horsemeat March, one of the most grueling marches in American military history, and the Battle of Slim Buttes. In November 1876, two companies...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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Myles Keogh (category Battle of the Little Bighorn)
recovered by the army three months after Little Bighorn at the Battle of Slim Buttes. Originally buried on the battlefield, Keogh's remains were disinterred...
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5th Cavalry Regiment (category Military units and formations of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
the leadership of Col. Wesley Merritt, a Civil War veteran, the 5th was instrumental in defeating the Indians at the Battle of Slim Buttes. It was the first...
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Emmet Crawford (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
actions as part of the Army of the Potomac, including the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg. Wounded in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg...
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Slim Buttes National Forest was established by the United States General Land Office as Slim Buttes Forest Reserve in South Dakota on March 5, 1904 with...
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removal of the miners, the army itself moved into the fort and began periodically using it as a base for their patrols. Following the 1876 Battle of Slim Buttes...
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9th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Military units and formations of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
the Indians at Tongue River, Montana, 9 June, the Battle of the Rosebud, and the Battle of Slim Buttes. Companies G and H also assisted in repelling a night...
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