Not to be confused with Battle of White Wolf Mountain.
Battle of Wolf Mountain
Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
A photoprint of an illustration of the Battle of Wolf Mountain that appeared in the May 5, 1877 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Date
January 8, 1877
Location
Tongue River Valley, Montana Territory (near present-day Birney, Montana) 45°17.152′N106°34.836′W / 45.285867°N 106.580600°W / 45.285867; -106.580600
Result
American victory[1]
Belligerents
United States
Sioux Cheyenne
Commanders and leaders
Nelson A. Miles
Crazy Horse Two Moon
Strength
436
~500
Casualties and losses
3 killed 8 wounded [2]
3 killed[3] Unknown wounded
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Great Sioux War of 1876
Cattle Herd Skirmish
Fort Reno Skirmish
Powder River
Prairie Dog Creek
Rosebud
Little Bighorn
Warbonnet Creek
Slim Buttes
Cedar Creek
Dull Knife Fight
Wolf Mountain
Little Muddy Creek
The Battle of Wolf Mountain (also known as the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, the Battle of the Butte, Where Big Crow Walked Back and Forth, and called the Battle of Belly Butte by the Northern Cheyenne) was fought on January 8, 1877, by soldiers of the United States Army against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The battle was fought in southern Montana Territory, about four miles southwest of modern-day Birney, Montana, along the Tongue River.[4]
In 2001, the Wolf Mountains Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[5] and was raised to the status of National Historic Landmark in 2008.[6]
^Pearson, Jeffrey V. (Winter 2001). "Nelson A. Miles, Crazy Horse, and the Battle of Wolf Mountains". Montana The Magazine of Western History. 51 (1). Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press: 53–67. JSTOR 4520376. Archived from the original on 2002-04-19.
^Page 202. Jerome, A. Greene, "Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War 1876-1877, University of Oklahoma Press (1993), paperback, 228 pages, ISBN 0-8061-2669-8
^Page 76. Ostler, Jeffrey, "The Plains Indians Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee", Cambridge University (2004). For the assumption of Dr. Henry L. Tilton about indian losses, see page 202. Jerome, A. Greene, "Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War 1876-1877, University of Oklahoma Press (1993), paperback, 228 pages, ISBN 0-8061-2669-8
^Jeffrey V. Pearson (July 28, 2005), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Wolf Mountains Battlefield/Where Big Crow Walked Back and Forth / Battle of the Butte; Battle of Belly Buttes; Battle at Belly Butte; Mile's Fight on the Tongue; 24N787(PDF), National Park Service and "Accompanying map" (PDF).[permanent dead link](32 KB)
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Wolf Mountains Battlefield / Where Big Crow Walked Back and Forth". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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