Battle of Slim Buttes

Battle of Slim Buttes
	Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
	; "General Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood (Dak. Terr.). On starvation march 1876."
Date	September 9–10, 1876
Location	Great Sioux Reservation; (Harding County, South Dakota)
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
Lakota	United States
Commanders and leaders
American Horse †; Crazy Horse	George Crook
Strength
~600-800	~1,200
Casualties and losses
10 killed; unknown wounded; 23 captured	3 killed; 13 wounded

The Battle of Slim Buttes was fought on September 9–10, 1876, in the Great Sioux Reservation between the United States Army and Miniconjou Sioux during the Great Sioux War of 1876. It marked the first significant victory for the army since the stunning defeat of General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn in June.

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