Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer is sent…

August 1873 CE

Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer is sent to the Dakota Territory to protect a railroad survey party against the Lakota.

On August 4, 1873, near the Tongue River, Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry clash for the first time with the Lakota.

One man on each side is killed.

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Birney Rosebud Montana United States View →

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George Armstrong Custer View →

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Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Dakota, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

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Indian Wars in Upper North America View → Sioux Wars View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View →

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