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American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
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American Indian Wars
Frontier conflicts in North America, 1609–1890s
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of the Washita River
U.S. Cavalry attack on Plains Indian camp
The Battle of the Washita River occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle's Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Army
Land service branch of the U.S. military
The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the United States secretary…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lieutenant colonel
Military rank
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
George Armstrong Custer
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cheyenne
American Indian tribe from the Great Plains
The Cheyenne are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o and the Tsétsėhéstȧhese ; the tribes merged in the early 19th century. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)