Battle of Slim Buttes

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The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Slim Buttes canonical 2
Battle of Prairie Dog Creek 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
action attack on a Miniconjou Lakota village ⓘ
aftermath boosted U.S. Army morale after Little Bighorn ⓘ
contributed to further weakening of Lakota resistance ⓘ
belligerent Miniconjou Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Miniconjou Lakota

United States ⓘ
campaign Black Hills War ⓘ
casualties dozens of Lakota killed or wounded ⓘ
several U.S. soldiers killed or wounded ⓘ
causeOfConflict U.S. desire to secure the Black Hills region ⓘ
U.S. efforts to force Lakota onto reservations ⓘ
commander Captain Anson Mills ⓘ
Chief American Horse the Elder ⓘ
Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie ⓘ
conflict Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1876-09-09 ⓘ
endDate 1876-09-10 ⓘ
era American Indian Wars ⓘ
historicalRegion Dakota Territory ⓘ
location Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory ⓘ
present-day Harding County, South Dakota ⓘ
militaryUnitInvolved 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) ⓘ
Infantry detachments of the U.S. Army ⓘ
notableCommanderForSide American Horse the Elder ⓘ
Anson Mills ⓘ
Ranald S. Mackenzie ⓘ
notableDeath American Horse the Elder ⓘ
opponent Miniconjou Lakota ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
outcome destruction of a Miniconjou Lakota village ⓘ
partOf Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
presentDayJurisdiction South Dakota ⓘ
relatedEvent Great Sioux War of 1876–1877 ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
significance first substantial U.S. Army victory after the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
startDate 1876-09-09 ⓘ
theater Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
tribalGroupInvolved Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Oglala Lakota

Miniconjou ⓘ
typeOfWarfare Indian Wars campaign ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indian Wars
year 1876 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Great Sioux War of 1876 → notableBattle → Battle of Slim Buttes ⓘ
Battle of the Tongue River (1876) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Prairie Dog Creek ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Slim Buttes
Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory → notableFor → Battle of Slim Buttes ⓘ