Battle of the Little Bighorn
battle · 1876 AD
Battle of the Little Bighorn, a battle recorded 1876 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 25 June 1876 AD
- War
- Great Sioux War of 1876
- Side 1
- Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho — led by Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse
- Side 2
- United States — led by George Armstrong Custer
- Result
- Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho victory
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)