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

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 ex...