25 juin 1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn
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The largest battle in the Great Sioux War of 1876, it was a conflict between US forces under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and an alliance of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors under Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Custer tracked Sitting Bull to a massive village by the Little Bighorn River in the Montana Great Plains. Custer severely underestimated the Native American forces, putting their numbers at 800 as opposed to the several thousand they actually had lying in wait to attack. He then made the fatal mistake of dividing his forces into three to scout the area. He realized he did not have enough soldiers to take the village, to he sent a scout to contact the rest of the army. Meanwhile, warriors led by Crazy Horse surrounded Custer and his men and attacked. Custer retreated to a hilltop, but he, along with all 200 of his men, were killed. The event became known as Custer's Last Stand, one of the worst defeats suffered by the US military. The loss enraged the American people, and generated more enthusiasm for attacking the Sioux and Cheyenne.
Casualties:
274 US troops dead
49 US troops wounded
136 Native American warriors dead
160 Native American warriors wounded
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