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Battle of the Little Bighorn

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on 25-26 June 1876 along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory, between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army under George Armstrong Custer. Known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly called Custer's Last Stand, it was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. The 7th Cavalry lost 268 men killed and 55 wounded, including Custer, while the allied tribes lost between 31 and 100 warriors killed. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Battle Type
Pitched cavalry engagement 1
Year
1876 1
Location
Little Bighorn River, Crow Indian Reservation, southeastern Montana Territory 1
Outcome
Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho victory 1
Battle Type
Battle Type (category)
Pitched Battle 1
Battle Type (category)
Cavalry Battle 1
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1. Wikipedia: Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Lead section, para 1
    along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory
  • Infobox: Result
    Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory
  • Infobox: Date
    June 25-26, 1876
  • Part Of: Great Sioux War of 1876, Infobox: Part of
    Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
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Wikidata: Battle of the Little Bighorn
Wikidata Q205422, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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