The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
The two major engagements of 1867 — the Hayfield Fight near Fort C.F.
Smith on August 1 and the Wagon Box Fight near Fort Phil Kearny on August 2 — are significant for what they reveal about the changing dynamics of the conflict in its second year.
In both cases, a small group of U.S. soldiers and civilians held defensive positions against much larger attacking forces.
In both cases, the defenders suffered relatively few casualties while the attackers suffered significantly higher ones.
In both cases, the defenders were eventually relieved by forces from the nearby fort.
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