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Great Plains Battle
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Early Conflicts
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On August 19, 1854, brevet Second Lieut. John L. Grattan set out from the post with 30 men and two cannons and, after rashly demanding that a far superior Indian force turn over the suspected culprit, he opened fire. -
The Civil War On The Plains
On September 3, 1855, brevet Brig. Gen. William S. Harney’s regulars routed the hostile Lakota at Blue Water Creek (in present-day Nebraska). https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars -
Early Conflicts
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars Leading about 300 cavalrymen on July 29, 1856, Col. Edwin V. Sumner encountered an equal force of mounted Cheyenne near the south fork of the Solomon River, Kansas Territory. -
Early Conflicts
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On May 12, 1858, Capt. John S. (“Rip”) Ford, leading a collection of Texas Rangers and allied Indians, surprised and destroyed chief Iron Jacket’s camp near the Antelope Hills, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). -
The Civil War On The Plains
Secession of Texas and 10 other Southern states from the Union in 1860–61 brought no end to the military contest in the southern Plains. -
The Civil War On The Plains
in August 1862 their most influential leader, Little Crow (Taoyateduta), led attacks that brought the demise of hundreds of white settlers in a single week. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars -
The Civil War On The Plains
The Comanche launched particularly devastating raids into north Texas (December 1863) and against a settlement at Elm Creek (October 13, 1864). https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars -
The Civil War On The Plains
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On January 8, 1865, a group of Kickapoo that was migrating south to Mexico defeated more than 300 Texas volunteers at Dove Creek. -
Defeat Of The Plains Indians
In Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado Territory, a large army expedition in 1867 had burned an abandoned village without engaging significant numbers of Indians. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars -
Defeat Of The Plains Indians
Following several Indian strikes against western Kansas and northern Texas, the army again girded for war in 1868, with Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan overseeing operations. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars/Defeat-of-the-Plains-Indians
