Battle of Rush Creek

When

8 Feb 1865 – 9 Feb 1865

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.69° N, 103.01° W

Description

1865 Colorado War battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Colorado War battle

The Battle of Rush Creek took place February 8–9, 1865, between about 185 soldiers of the U.S. Army and 1,000 warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. It was part of a series of retaliations by the Native American alliance after the U.S. army committed the Sand Creek Massacre.

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