The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
They did not.
The two major engagements that followed the Fetterman Fight — the Hayfield Fight of August 1, 1867, and the Wagon Box Fight of August 2, 1867 — both resulted in U.S. defensive successes.
In both cases, small groups of soldiers withstood attacks by much larger forces.
The Hayfield Fight occurred near Fort C.F.
Smith, where a small party of civilian workers and their military escort were attacked while cutting hay in the hayfield outside the fort.
The attackers were a large force of Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors.
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