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3 days ago · The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
- Battle of The Rosebud
The Battle of the Rosebud (also known as the Battle of...
- James Calhoun
James Calhoun (August 24, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a...
- Bloody Knife
Bloody Knife (Sioux: Tȟamila Wewe; Arikara: NeesiRAhpát; ca....
- Great Sioux War of 1876
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills...
- Pretty Nose
Pretty Nose took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in...
- Marcus Reno
Marcus Albert Reno (November 15, 1834 – March 30, 1889) was...
- George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876)...
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the...
- Battle of The Rosebud
3 days ago · June 26, 1777 at Short Hills, New Jersey. Before the battle, in the early days of June, General William Howe's British force of almost 17,000 withdrew from Somerset Court House at New Brunswick, to Perth Amboy, after they failed to draw Washington's central army from their post at Middlebrook Heights, the plan having been foiled by the tactics ...
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7 hours ago · On a hot June day in 1876, the tranquil valley of the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana erupted in a chaotic whirlwind of dust, smoke and bloodshed. By the day‘s end, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the U.S. Army‘s 7th Cavalry lay dead, cut down in battle against a coalition of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne ...
May 14, 2024 · Battle of Short Hills and Oak Tree Pond – Edison and Scotch Plains, NJ - Crossroads of the American Revolution. The Battle of Short Hills took place on June 26th, 1777, following the Forage Wars of early 1777 and was General Howe’s last attempt to lure the Continental Army out of the easily defensible positions in the Watchung Mountains.
5 days ago · The Oak Tree Engagement was a series of fierce skirmishes during the Battle of Short Hills along Oak Tree Road in present day Edison. Men under Brigadier General Thomas Conway and General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) defended against a numerically superior force that had marched overnight from Woodbridge under General Charles Cornwallis ...
May 13, 2024 · The Battle of Warbonnet Creek was more of a skirmish between a scouting party from Dull Knife's band and Merritt's forces, but the Battle of Slim Buttes was a full-scale engagement and the first US victory of the Great Sioux War. Forces under General Crook attacked the camp of Sioux chief American Horse the Elder (l. c. 1830-1876) and destroyed it.
4 days ago · The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 in what was then the Australian Territory of Papua. It was primarily a land battle, between the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii and ...
