The Great Civil War Battles/Massacres

  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek Massacre was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. army. At dawn on November 29, 1864, approximately 675 U.S. soldiers commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington attacked a village of about 750 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians using small arms and howitzer fire.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    On June 25, 1876, Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of General George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It is significant because it proved to be the height of Native American during the 19th century. And it was also the worst U.S. Army defeat during the Plains Wars
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre

    The Wounded Knee Massacre was a domestic massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. It was the slaughter of approximately 150-300 Lakota Indians by the United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota.