battle, nineteenth century

Drexel Mission Fight

Name: Drexel Mission Fight
Location: South Dakota, United States

Drexel Mission Fight was a battle fought in 1890 in what is now South Dakota, United States. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Ghost Dance War, which ran from 1890 to 1891. The recorded result: U.S. victory.

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The site of the Drexel Mission Fight on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Lakota warriors and the United States Army. Clarence Grant Morledge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1890

WhereSouth Dakota, United States43.026N, 102.556W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeU.S. victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstLakota Sioux; Brulé Sioux

Casualties and losses1 dead, 7 woundedandUnknown

Part ofGhost Dance War1890 to 1891

Record

Date	1890 (year precision)
Place	South Dakota, United States 43.026N, 102.556W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	7th U.S. Cavalry; 9th U.S. Cavalry
Casualties and losses	1 dead, 7 wounded	Unknown
Commanders	James W. Forsyth Guy V. Henry	Two Strike (Lakota leader)

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Warbonnet Creek 1876, 96 km W
Battle of Mud Springs 1865, 176 km S
Grattan massacre 1854, 181 km SW
Battle of Ash Hollow 1855, 195 km S
Battle of Julesburg 1865, 232 km S

Elsewhere in 1890

Drexel Mission Fight is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (2 in South Dakota).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5307342, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Drexel Mission Fight, revision 1379468003, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.