Battle of the Badlands
| Battle of the Badlands | |||||||
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| Part of the Sioux Wars and the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States of America |
Hunkpapa Sans Arc Miniconjou Yanktonai | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alfred Sully | Sitting Bull | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,200 | ~ 1,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ~13 dead and wounded | ~U.S. estimate 100 dead and wounded (but probably only a few) | ||||||
The Battle of the Badlands was fought in Dakota Territory, in what is now western North Dakota, between the United States army led by General Alfred Sully and the Lakota, Yanktonai, and the Dakota Indian tribes. The battle was fought August 7–9, 1864 between what are now Medora and Sentinel Butte, North Dakota. It was an extension of the conflict begun in the Dakota War of 1862. Sully successfully marched through the badlands encountering only moderate resistance from the Sioux.