Great Sioux War Orders of Battle: How the United States Waged War on the Northern Plains, 1876-1877

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0806143223 ISBN13: 9780806143224 Release Date: August 2012 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Length: 240 Pages Weight: 0.80 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1" A unique resource with a new perspective on the U.S. Army in the Great Sioux War Lasting nearly two years, the Great Sioux War pitted almost one-third of the U.S. Army against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyennes. By the time it ended, this grueling war had played out on twenty-seven different battlefields scattered across five states, resulted in hundreds of casualties, cost millions of dollars, and transformed the landscape and the lives of survivors on both sides. It also entrenched a view of the army as largely inept. In this compelling sourcebook, Paul Hedren uses extensive documentation to demonstrate that the American army adapted quickly to the challenges of fighting this unconventional war and was more effectively led and better equipped than is custom