Battle of the Rosebud

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The Battle of the Rosebud was an 1876 engagement in the Montana Territory where U.S. forces under General George Crook were checked by a coalition of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors led by Crazy Horse, helping set the stage for the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rosebud Creek ⓘ
Rosebud Battlefield ⓘ
Rosebud Fight ⓘ
combatant Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Northern Arapaho ⓘ
linked to: Arapaho people

Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
commemoratedBy Rosebud Battlefield State Park ⓘ
linked to: Rosebud Battlefield
conflictIn Great Sioux War of 1876–77 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
hasBelligerentStrength about 1,300 U.S. soldiers and scouts ⓘ
about 1,500 Native American warriors ⓘ
hasCasualties Native American forces: dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
U.S. forces: dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
hasCommander Crazy Horse ⓘ
George Crook ⓘ
Little Hawk ⓘ
Two Moon ⓘ
Young Two Moon ⓘ
linked to: Two Moon
hasDate 1876-06-17 ⓘ
hasLocation Montana Territory ⓘ
Rosebud Creek ⓘ
present-day Montana ⓘ
hasModernLocationStatus U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasOutcomeDetail Crook did not link up with other U.S. columns before the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
George Crook withdrew to his base on Goose Creek after the battle ⓘ
hasResult strategic Native American victory ⓘ
tactical stalemate ⓘ
hasSignificance checked George Crook’s advance toward the Little Bighorn ⓘ
demonstrated effective Native American coalition warfare ⓘ
helped set the stage for the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
hasTacticalFeature coordinated attacks by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors ⓘ
extensive use of dismounted skirmish lines by U.S. troops ⓘ
series of scattered, running fights over broken terrain ⓘ
hasTheater Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
hasYear 1876 ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup Hunkpapa Lakota ⓘ
Miniconjou Lakota ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne warriors ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne people

Oglala Lakota ⓘ
partOf Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Powder River (1876) ⓘ
tookPlaceNear Tongue River ⓘ
present-day Rosebud County, Montana ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Sioux War of 1876 → notableBattle → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Crazy Horse → participantIn → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Battle of the Rosebud → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Rosebud Creek ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Rosebud
Battle of the Powder River (1876) → followedBy → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Battle of the Powder River (1876) → relatedTo → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Battle of the Tongue River (1876) → followedBy → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Dull Knife → participatedIn → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Lakota–Northern Cheyenne alliance → participatedIn → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Sicangu Lakota → historicalEvent → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Lakota warriors → conflict → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Teton Sioux → notableBattle → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Rosebud Battlefield → siteOf → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Rosebud Fight → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Rosebud Fight → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Rosebud Creek ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Rosebud
Rosebud Fight → alsoKnownAs → Rosebud Creek Fight ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Rosebud
Reynolds’ Battle → followedBy → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Touch the Clouds → participatedIn → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne → notableBattle → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Crow scouts → notableEngagement → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Ranald S. Mackenzie → conflict → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
subject linked to: Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie
Húŋkpapȟa → involvedInConflict → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Rosebud Creek → wasLocationOf → Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Rosebud Creek → wasLocationOf → Battle of the Rosebud (1876) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Rosebud
Rosebud Creek → wasLocationOf → Battle of the Rosebud Creek ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Rosebud