The Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
The Battle of Little Bighorn was a pivotal battle in the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25th and 26th, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in what is now Montana. The battle pitted the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne,
The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand and known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, 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. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.