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Battle of Powder River, the Glossary

The Battle of Powder River, also known as the Reynolds Battle, occurred on March 17, 1876, in Montana Territory, United States, as part of the Big Horn Expedition.^[1]

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1876 in Montana Territory
1876 in the United States
Battles involving the Cheyenne
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Albert Glawinski

Albert Glawinski (or Glavinski; March 1854 – before April 1910) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor.

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Alexander Moore (soldier)

Alexander Moore (May 13, 1830 – September 30, 1910) was an Irish American United States Army officer who served during the American Civil War and American Indian Wars.

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Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Anson Mills

Anson Mills (August 31, 1834 – November 5, 1924) was a United States Army officer, surveyor, inventor, and entrepreneur.

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Arvada, Wyoming

Arvada is a census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States.

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Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. Battle of Powder River and Battle of the Little Bighorn are 1876 in Montana Territory, 1876 in the United States, battles involving the Cheyenne, battles involving the Sioux and battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

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Big Horn Expedition

The Big Horn Expedition, or Bighorn Expedition, was a military operation of the United States Army against the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming Territory and Montana Territory. Battle of Powder River and Big Horn Expedition are 1876 in the United States and Montana Territory.

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Black Hills

The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).

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Blizzard

A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically at least three or four hours.

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Bozeman Trail

The Bozeman Trail was an overland route in the Western United States, connecting the gold rush territory of southern Montana to the Oregon Trail in eastern Wyoming.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Broadus, Montana

Broadus is a town in and the county seat of Powder River County, Montana, United States.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.

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Captain (United States)

In the uniformed services of the United States, captain is a commissioned-officer rank.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Cheyenne

The Cheyenne are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

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Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Colonel (United States)

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó,; – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.

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Dakota Territory

The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.

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Department of the Platte

The Department of the Platte was a military administrative district established by the U.S. Army on March 5, 1866, with boundaries encompassing Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota Territory, Utah Territory and a small portion of Idaho.

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Douglas, Wyoming

Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States.

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First lieutenant

First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment.

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Fort Fetterman

Fort Fetterman was constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in Dakota Territory, approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming.

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Fort Reno (Wyoming)

Fort Reno also known as Fort Connor or Old Fort Reno, was a wooden fort established on August 15, 1865 by the United States Army in Dakota Territory in present-day Johnson County, Wyoming.

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Frank Grouard

Frank Benjamin Grouard (also known as Frank Gruard and Benjamin Franklin Grouard) (September 20, 1850 – August 15, 1905) was a Scout and interpreter for General George Crook during the American Indian War of 1876.

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Frederick W. Sibley

Frederick William Sibley (October 17, 1852 – February 17, 1918), was a career United States Army officer.

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George Crook

George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.

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Gillette, Wyoming

Gillette (jih-LET) is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States.

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Grant Short Bull

Grant Short Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Ptéčela; – 1935) was a member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Great Sioux War of 1876

The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War, was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred in 1876 and 1877 in an alliance of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne against the United States. Battle of Powder River and Great Sioux War of 1876 are battles involving the Cheyenne and Montana Territory.

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He Dog

He Dog (Lakota: Šúŋka Bloká) (ca. 1840–1936), a member of the Oglala Lakota, was closely associated with Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.

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Henry E. Noyes

Henry Erastus Noyes (August 23, 1839 – July 14, 1919) was a United States Army Officer who served during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars and Spanish American War.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.

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Jeremiah J. Murphy

Jeremiah J. Murphy (February 2, 1858 – May 12, 1932), was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor.

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John Gregory Bourke

John Gregory Bourke (June 23, 1846 – June 8, 1896) was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and Reconstruction Era author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples.

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John Quincy Smith

John Quincy Smith (November 5, 1824 – December 30, 1901) was an American farmer, politician and legislator from Ohio.

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Joseph J. Reynolds

Joseph Jones Reynolds (January 4, 1822 – February 25, 1899) was an American engineer, educator, and military officer who fought in the American Civil War and the postbellum Indian Wars.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.

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Lakota people

The Lakota (pronounced; Lakȟóta/Lakhóta) are a Native American people.

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List of secondary highways in Montana

The secondary highway system is a lower-level classification of state highway maintained by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) in the US state of Montana.

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Little Powder River

The Little Powder River is a tributary of the Powder River, in southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming in the United States.

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Little Wolf

Little Wolf (Cheyenne: Ó'kôhómôxháahketa, sometimes transcribed Ohcumgache or Ohkomhakit, more correctly translated Little Coyote, 18201904) was a Northern Só'taeo'o Chief and Sweet Medicine Chief of the Northern Cheyenne.

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Major (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Montana

Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Montana Territory

The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.

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Moorhead, Montana

Moorhead is an unincorporated community in southern Powder River County, Montana, United States.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Tsėhéstáno; formerly named the Tongue River) is the federally recognized Northern Cheyenne tribe.

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Oglala

The Oglala (pronounced, meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires).

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Orderly

In healthcare, an orderly (also known as a ward assistant, nurse assistant or healthcare assistant) is a hospital attendant whose job consists of assisting medical and nursing staff with various nursing and medical interventions.

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Philip Sheridan

Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Powder River (Wyoming and Montana)

Powder River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately long in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana in the United States.

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Powder River County, Montana

Powder River County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana.

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Red Cloud's War

Red Cloud's War (also referred to as the Bozeman War or the Powder River War) was an armed conflict between an alliance of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho peoples against the United States and the Crow Nation that took place in the Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868. Battle of Powder River and red Cloud's War are battles involving the Cheyenne.

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Robert E. Strahorn

Robert Edmund Strahorn (May 15, 1852 – March 31, 1944) was a journalist, war correspondent, railroad promoter, and businessman active primarily in the 19th-century American West.

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Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor.

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Rocky Mountain News

The Rocky Mountain News (nicknamed the Rocky) was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009.

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Saddle

A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

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Sioux

The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (Dakota/Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ /oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ/) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.

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Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake; December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.

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Surgeon's assistant

An assistant surgeon, also known as a surgical assistant, surgeon's assistant, assistant in surgery or first assistant, is a healthcare professional who provides direct manual and/or instrumental assistance to meet the in-procedure demands of a surgeon during a surgical operation.

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Thaddeus Harlan Stanton

Thaddeus H. Stanton (1835–1900), was Paymaster-General of the United States Army 1895–1899.

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Thermometer

A thermometer is a device that measures temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of an object) or temperature gradient (the rates of change of temperature in space).

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Tongue River (Montana)

The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana.

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Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)

The Treaty of Fort Laramie (also the Sioux Treaty of 1868) is an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, following the failure of the first Fort Laramie treaty, signed in 1851.

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Two Moons

Two Moons (c. 1847–1917), or Ishaynishus (Cheyenne: Éše'he Ôhnéšesêstse), was one of the Cheyenne chiefs who took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and other battles against the United States Army.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also referred to metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.

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Van Heflin

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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William C. Bryan

William C. Bryan (September 9, 1852 – March 27, 1933) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor.

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Wooden Leg

Wooden Leg (Cheyenne Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe) (c. 1858–1940) was a Northern Cheyenne warrior who fought against Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

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Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer

Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer is a 1931 book by Thomas Bailey Marquis about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of George Armstrong Custer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Powder_River

Also known as Battle of the Powder River.

, Medal of Honor, Mexican–American War, Montana, Montana Territory, Moorhead, Montana, Native Americans in the United States, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Oglala, Orderly, Philip Sheridan, Powder River (Wyoming and Montana), Powder River County, Montana, Red Cloud's War, Robert E. Strahorn, Rock Hudson, Rocky Mountain News, Saddle, Second lieutenant, Sioux, Sitting Bull, Surgeon's assistant, Thaddeus Harlan Stanton, Thermometer, Tongue River (Montana), Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), Two Moons, Ulysses S. Grant, United Kingdom, United States Military Academy, Van Heflin, Washington, D.C., William C. Bryan, Wooden Leg, Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer, Wounded in action, Wyoming, Wyoming Territory, Yvonne De Carlo, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States), 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States).

Battle of Powder River, the Glossary

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See also

1876 in Montana Territory

1876 in the United States

Battles involving the Cheyenne

Battles involving the Sioux

Battles of the Great Sioux War of 1876

March 1876 events

Montana Territory

References