Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Crazy Horse

Battles of Crazy Horse

Oglala Sioux chief (1840–1877), 1849 to 1877

Crazy Horse is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1865 and 1877: 6 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 983 km apart end to end, 164 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Sioux War of 1876 (4), Red Cloud's War (1), Sioux Wars (1).

Battle of Platte BridgeYellowstone Expedition of 1873Battle of the Hundred-in-the-HandsBattle of Slim ButtesBattle of the RosebudBattle of the Little BighornBattle of Wolf MountainBattle of the Hundred-in-the-HandsBattle of Slim ButtesBattle of the RosebudBattle of the Little BighornBattle of Wolf MountainBillingsCasperRapid CityCodyGilletteRivertonDouglasChadronThermopolisPowell200 km44.419N, 105.277W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1865: 1 engagements1866: 1 engagements1873: 1 engagements1876: 3 engagements3 in 18761877: 1 engagements18651877
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Platte Bridge, 1865Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands, 1866Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, 1873Battle of Slim Buttes, 1876Battle of the Rosebud, 1876Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876Battle of Wolf Mountain, 187718651877
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 July 1865Battle of Platte BridgeWyoming, United StatesIndian victory
21 December 1866Battle of the Hundred-in-the-HandsWyoming, United States196 km NNative American victory
1873Yellowstone Expedition of 1873Dakota Territory, North Dakota, United States273 km NEUnited States victory
1876Battle of Slim ButtesGreat Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, United States85 km SEUnited States victory
17 June 1876Battle of the RosebudBig Horn County, Montana, United States305 km WLakota and Cheyenne victory
25 June 1876Battle of the Little BighornLittle Bighorn River, Montana, United States51 km NWLakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory
8 January 1877Battle of Wolf MountainTongue River, Montana, United States73 km SEAmerican victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.