Battle of Mud Springs

Battle of Mud Springs
Part of the Colorado War
Monument at Mud Springs Pony Express station site
Date February 4–6, 1865 Location Morrill County, Nebraska 41°29′4″N 103°1′2″W / 41.48444°N 103.01722°W / 41.48444; -103.01722 Result inconclusive
Belligerents
United States of America	Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, and Arapaho tribes
Commanders and leaders
William O. Collins
Strength
230 soldiers	500-1,000 warriors
Casualties and losses
1 dead, 8 wounded	few
class=notpageimage| Location within Nebraska

The Battle of Mud Springs took place February 4–6, 1865, in Nebraska between the U.S. army and warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. It was part of a series of retaliations by the Native American alliance after the U.S. army committed the Sand Creek Massacre. The battle was inconclusive, although the Indians succeeded in capturing some Army horses and a herd of several hundred cattle. Mud Springs is located 8 mi northwest of Dalton, Nebraska, and is today a National Historic Site.