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Battles of Mullan Road War Battle of Toppenish Creek Battle of Union Gap Cascades Massacre Battle of Pine Creek Battle of Four Lakes Battle of Spokane Plains Steamboat Chippewa Fiasco Battle of Lower Sioux Agency Battle of Redwood Ferry Battle of New Ulm Battle of Fort Ridgely Battle of Birch Coulee Siege of Fort Abercrombie Battle of Wood Lake Surrender at Camp Release Battle of Big Mound Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake Battle of Stoney Lake Battle of White Stone Hill Battle of Killdeer Mountain Fisk's Expedition Battle of Red Buttes Battle of Deer Creek Station Battle of Dry Creek Custard Wagon Train Fight Platte Bridge Battle Battle of Platte Bridge Station Battle of Bone Pile Creek Battle of Fort Rice Battle of Tongue River 1865 Powder River Expedition Sun River Stampede Battle of Crazy Woman Creek Battle of Peno Creek Fetterman Massacre Fort Buford Massacre Haystack Battle Battle of Fort Kearny Battle Near Fort Ellis Battle of Popo Aguie Marias River Massacre Battle of Miner's Delight Pryor's Fork Battle Second Battle of Tongue River Battle of Bighorn Battle of Powder River Battle of the Rosebud Custers Last Stand Battle of Snake Mountain Battle of Slim Buttes Battle of Cedar Creek Battle of Bates Creek Battle of Ash Creek Battle of Wolf Mountain Battle of Little Muddy Creek Battle of White Bird Canyon Battle of the Cottonwoods Battle of the Clearwater Battle of Weippe Prairie Battle of Big Hole Battle of Horse Prairie Battle of Birch Creek, Idaho Battle of Camas Creek Battle of Canyon Creek Battle of Cow Island Battle of Cow Creek Battle of Bear Paw Battle of South Mountain Battle of Silver River Battle of Birch Creek Battle of Clearwater River Battle of Clark's Fork Battle of Heart Mountain Massacre Near Yellowstone Lake Battle of Jackson Hole Battle of Careless Creek Battle of Milk River Battle of Big Creek Battle of Pumpkin Creek Battle of Poplar River

March 17, 1876 Battle of Powder River

This military campaign may have actually been 1873s Yellowstone Expedition or 1874s Black Hills Expedition. In August of 1873, Colonel Custer led nearly 2,000 American Soldiers, white civilians and their Indian allies, to several forts in north central Montana. Custer supposedly returned to Fort Rice in North Dakota afterwards. This battle was a part of Mullan Road War. A list of Mullan Road War battles is above. In July and August of 1874, Colonel Custer led another 1,000 to 1,200 American Soldiers to Montana's Black Hills which are located south of Great Falls. During Black Hills Expedition, little fighting supposedly happened. Those military expeditions were carried out to send reinforcements to American military forts in Montana, especially north central Montana. By 1874, up to 5,000 American Soldiers were stationed at forts in Montana. I'm not certain if Battle of Powder River was actually fought in 1876. Future historians will want to carefully investigate what transpired during those times. On March 1, 1873, 1874 or 1876 a force of 883 American Soldiers left Fort Fetterman and trekked north. Their leader was Major Gen. George Crook. They also had their idiotic Indian allies. Since these 883 American Soldiers and their idiotic Indian allies had made a trek north, they did so to reinforce American forts in Montana. Few casualties happened during Battle of Powder River. Indian casualties were far higher than reported. White casualties were 4 killed and 6 wounder. Another 66 were frostbitten. Apparently, temperatures were extremely cold in march of that year.