Part of Colorado War, Sioux Wars, American Indian Wars
Date
July 26, 1865
Location
Near present day Casper, Wyoming
Result
Indian victory
Belligerents
United States
Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Martin Anderson Capt. Adam Smith Leib Lt. Caspar Collins † Sgt. Amos Custard †
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Strength
150 soldiers, a few civilians and Shoshoni scouts
2,000 to 3,000
Casualties and losses
29 killed, 10 seriously wounded
8 killed
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Sioux Wars
First Sioux War
Dakota War of 1862
Colorado War
Powder River Expedition
Red Cloud's War
Yellowstone Expedition
Great Sioux War
Ghost Dance War
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Colorado War
Hungate massacre (June 11, 1864)
Sand Creek massacre (November 29, 1864)
Battle of Julesburg (January 7, 1865)
American Ranch massacre (January 14, 1865)
Raid on Godfrey Ranch (January 15–16, 1865)
Battle of Mud Springs ( February 4–6, 1865)
Battle of Rush Creek (February 8–9, 1865)
Battle of Platte Bridge (July 26, 1865)
Battle of Red Buttes (about July 26, 1865)
The Battle of Platte Bridge, also called the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, on July 26, 1865, was the culmination of a summer offensive by the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians against the United States army. In May and June the Indians raided army outposts and stagecoach stations over a wide swath of Wyoming and Montana. In July, they assembled a large army, estimated by Cheyenne warrior George Bent to number 3,000 warriors, and descended upon Platte Bridge. The bridge, across the North Platte River near present-day Casper, Wyoming, was guarded by 120 soldiers. In an engagement near the bridge, and another against a wagon train guarded by 28 soldiers a few miles away, the Indians killed 29 soldiers while suffering at least eight dead.
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