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The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
Fort Phil Kearny, known to the Plains Indians as the "hated post on the Little Piney", played an important role in Red Cloud's War (1866-1868), and the area around the fort was the site of the Fetterman massacre and the Wagon Box Fight. [4] The Fetterman Fight (with 81 men killed on the U.S. side) was the worst military defeat suffered by the U ...
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In the Fetterman Fight on December 21, 1866, near Fort Kearney, the Lakota achieved a major victory, staging an ambush and killing William J. Fetterman and all 80 soldiers under his command. [2] It was the largest defeat of US forces by Native Americans until the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Fetterman Fight: 1866 United States Lakota people Dakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho: Fetterman Fight was a part of the Bozeman Trail War of 1866–1868. Captain William Fetterman and his command were surrounded by a much larger force of Native Americans and were wiped out within half an hour. Native American victory Battle of Cerro Corá: 1870 ...