Battle of Little Bighorn

(noun)

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Native Americans involved, as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which occurred on June 25 and 26, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory, was the most famous event of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

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  • Indian Resistance and Survival

    • In the latter stages, Tecumseh's group allied with the British forces in the War of 1812 and was instrumental in the conquest of Detroit.
    • Native American nations on the plains in the West continued armed conflicts with the United States throughout the 19th century through what were called generally "Indian Wars. " The Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) was one of the greatest Native American victories.
    • Bureau of the Census (1894), The Indian Wars under the government of the United States have been more than 40 in number.
    • They have cost the lives of about 19,000 white men, women, and children--including those killed in individual combats-- and the lives of about 30,000 Indians.
    • Census Bureau estimated that about 0.8% of the U.S. population was of American Indian or Alaska Native descent.

  • The Decimation of the Great Bison Herds and the Fight for the Black Hills

    • The Black Hills War of 1876-7 was a series of battles and negotiations between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and the United States.
    • The tribes that depended on the buffalo were left with little choice but to accept the government offer of reservations, where the government would feed and supply them on condition they did not go on the warpath.
    • The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations which occurred between 1876 and 1877, involving the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, against the United States.
    • Major battles for the Black Hills included the Battle of the Rosebud, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Slim Butte, and the Fort Robinson Massacre.
    • However, the most renowned, as well as the most brutal of the battles over the Black Hills, is the massacre which took place at Wounded Knee.

  • The American Indian Wars

    • Many of the most well-known of these conflicts occurred during and after the Civil War, until the closing of the frontier in about 1890.
    • At least 310 battles were fought between settlers and Native Americans within Arizona's boundaries, the most of any state.
    • The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the "Black Hills War," was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred between 1876 and 1877 involving the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne and the United States.
    • Major battles for the Black Hills included the Battle of the Rosebud, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Slim Butte, and the Fort Robinson Massacre.
    • However, the most renowned, as well as the most brutal of the battles over the Black Hills, is the massacre that took place at Wounded Knee.

  • The Battles: 1863–1865

    • The battles of the Civil War were fought between 1861 and 1865, with the most significant battles occurring in the western and eastern theaters.
    • Army, devised the Anaconda Plan to win the war with as little bloodshed as possible.
    • They were driven from Missouri early in the war as a result of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
    • Grant, who won victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Battle of Vicksburg, which cemented Union control of the Mississippi River and is considered one of the turning points of the war.
    • A color-coded map of the battles of the American Civil War.

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    • On the second day of battle, most of both armies had assembled.
    • In the late afternoon of July 2, Lee launched a heavy assault on the Union left flank, and fierce fighting raged at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Devil's Den, and the Peach Orchard.
    • The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg has been the subject of controversy for years.
    • The Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
    • Overview map of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

  • The War in the South

    • In the South, the War of 1812 manifested itself as the Creek Wars and culminated in the Battle of New Orleans.
    • In February of 1813, a small war party of Red Sticks, returning from Detroit and led by Little Warrior, killed two families of settlers along the Ohio River.
    • Benjamin Hawkins learned of this, and demanded that the Creek turn over Little Warrior and his six companions to the U.S. government.
    • The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815; it was the final major battle of the War of 1812 and is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war.
    • United States nationalism soared after the victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

  • The Battle of Chattanooga

    • After winning a series of battles in the Chattanooga Campaign, the Union Army was able to invade the South.
    • The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War.
    • Rosecrans pursued Bragg, and the two armies collided at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19–20, with the Confederates coming out victorious.
    • Sherman's attack on Bragg's right flank made little progress.
    • Grant won his final battle in the West prior to receiving command of all Union armies in March 1864.

  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    • The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.
    • Stalingrad's significance has been downplayed by some historians, who point either to the Battle of Moscow or the Battle of Kursk as more strategically decisive.
    • At the time, however, the global significance of the battle was not in doubt.
    • Regardless of the strategic implications, there is little doubt that Stalingrad was a morale watershed.
    • Argue for or against the categorization of the Battle of Stalingrad as a turning point in the war

  • Islam Ascendant

    • The Muslims set an ambush for the caravan at Badr, but a Meccan force intervened and the Battle of Badr commenced.
    • Muhammad led his Muslim force to the Meccans to fight the Battle of Uhud on March 23, 625 CE.
    • For the Muslims, the battle was a significant setback.
    • The attack went largely uncontested and Muhammad took over the city with little bloodshed.
    • Muhammad defeated the Hawazin and Thaqif tribes in the Battle of Hunayn.

  • Okinawa and Iwo Jima

    • The battle of Iwo Jima ("Operation Detachment") in February 1945 was one of the bloodiest battles fought by the Americans in the Pacific War.
    • The heavy American naval and air bombardment did little but drive the Japanese further underground, making their positions impervious to enemy fire.
    • The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of Okinawa itself.
    • The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") in Japanese.
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