Rosebud Fight

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Rosebud Fight is an alternative name for the 1876 Battle of the Rosebud, a significant engagement in the Great Sioux War between U.S. forces and a coalition of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors.

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Rosebud Fight canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Rosebud ⓘ
Battle of the Rosebud Creek ⓘ
Rosebud Creek Fight ⓘ
belligerent Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Northern Arapaho (some participation) ⓘ
linked to: Arapaho people

Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaignObjective to force Lakota and Northern Cheyenne onto reservations ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses Lakota and Northern Cheyenne warriors dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
United States forces dozens killed and wounded ⓘ
combatant Lakota Sioux warriors ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne warriors ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
commander Crazy Horse ⓘ
George Crook ⓘ
Other Lakota and Cheyenne war leaders ⓘ
conflict Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
countryAtTime United States of America ⓘ
date 1876-06-17 ⓘ
duration several hours of fighting on 1876-06-17 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ
historicalEra American Indian Wars ⓘ
location Montana Territory ⓘ
Rosebud Creek ⓘ
present-day Montana, United States ⓘ
nativeSideObjective to resist U.S. military campaigns and defend their homelands ⓘ
partOf Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
precededBy earlier skirmishes in the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
primaryOpposingForce Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne coalition ⓘ
primaryU.S.Unit Crook’s column of the U.S. Army ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactical stalemate ⓘ
significance contributed to U.S. defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by preventing Crook from joining other U.S. columns ⓘ
halted George Crook’s advance toward the Little Bighorn ⓘ
strengthSide Lakota and Northern Cheyenne warriors several hundred to over 1,000 ⓘ
United States forces approximately 1,200–1,300 men ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Native forces maintained control of the field ⓘ
U.S. withdrawal from the battlefield ⓘ
terrain broken, hilly country along Rosebud Creek ⓘ
theater Northern Plains theater of the Great Sioux War ⓘ
weaponry bows, lances, and traditional weapons ⓘ
rifles, carbines, and revolvers ⓘ
year 1876 ⓘ

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Battle of the Rosebud → alsoKnownAs → Rosebud Fight ⓘ