Battle of Slim Buttes | |||||||
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Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876 | |||||||
![]() "General Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood (Dak. Terr.). On starvation march 1876." | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Lakota |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
American Horse † Crazy Horse |
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Strength | |||||||
~600-800 | ~1,200 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 killed unknown wounded 23 captured |
3 killed 13 wounded |
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 the Great Sioux War of 1876. It marked the first significant victory for the army since the stunning defeat of General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn in June.
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