Fetterman Fight - Wikipedia
The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
New Perspectives on the Fetterman Fight | WyoHistory.org
Nov 8, 2014 · Capt. William Judd Fetterman arrived at Fort Phil Kearny on Nov. 3, 1866, as the Indian attacks were peaking. Seven weeks later, on Dec. 21, 1866, Fetterman and 79 soldiers and civilians were killed in a lopsided battle that was soon mythologized as the Fetterman Massacre.
Native Americans kill 81 soldiers | December 21, 1866 - HISTORY
Nov 16, 2009 · Determined to challenge the growing American military presence in their territory, Native Americans in northern Wyoming lure Lieutenant Colonel William Fetterman and his soldiers into a deadly...
William J. Fetterman - Wikipedia
William Judd Fetterman (c. 1833 – December 21, 1866) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the subsequent Red Cloud's War on the Great Plains. Fetterman was killed along with his command of 80 men in the Fetterman Fight .
The Fatal Fetterman Fight - HistoryNet
Jun 12, 2006 · Called a massacre at the time, the December 1866 clash near Fort Phil Kearny was, in fact, a military triumph by the Plains Indians and the Army's greatest blunder in the West until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later.
Fetterman Battlefield - WyoHistory.org
Sep 14, 2011 · Capt. William J. Fetterman and 80 men killed by Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians near Fort Phil Kearny, the worst military disaster for the U.S. Army in the Indian Wars other than the Custer defeat.
The Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands: When US Settlers Lost
Jul 11, 2023 · Captain William Judd Fetterman once bragged that he could “ride through the Sioux nation with eighty men.” Assigned to Fort Phil Kearny, near present-day Buffalo, Wyoming, Fetterman led an infantry detachment under the command of Colonel Henry Carrington.
Timeline - Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (U.S.
Apr 22, 2024 · December 21: Eighty-one men under the command of Captain William Fetterman are lured into a trap less than five miles north of Fort Phil Kearny along the Bozeman Trail (present day Wyoming), and are killed by a force of over …
"The Fetterman Massacre: A Swiss American Officer Leads his …
Mar 5, 2024 · SAHS Review, Fetterman Massacre, Swiss American officer. Following the American Civil War, the United States fought a major war against the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians known as Red Cloud’s War, which lasted from 1866 to 1868. It was a costly American defeat and an important Indian victory.
The Fetterman Massacre - Ancestry
Learn about the Fetterman Massacre, a devastating defeat for the U.S. Army in the 1860s Dakota Territory. Read about the ambush of Captain William J. Fetterman and his 80 men by 2,000 Native American warriors.