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Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War 1876 - 1877 (Military View)
Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War 1876 1877 - Military View Author:Jerome A. Greene The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 is memorable to most Americans because of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Yet despite its infamy, it was only one engagement of many in the protracted, disjointed struggle between the U.S. Army and the allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. — Battles ... more »and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War 1876-1877 presents the military side of the struggle and offers fifteen accounts, with maps of the many engagements as they were observed by participating officers, enlisted men, scouts, surgeons, and newspaper correspondents. Jerome A. Green's introduction and commentary on each account help readers understand the interrelationship of events and the context of the entire campaign. For those wishing to understand the Indian perspective, the companion volume by the same author, Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877, offers a perspective "from the other side."« less