battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Milk Creek

Name: Battle of Milk Creek
Start: 1879-09-29
Location: Colorado, United States

Battle of Milk Creek was a battle fought on 29 September 1879 at Colorado, in what is now Colorado, United States; it lasted 6 days. Recorded strength: ~700 against ~250.

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Fought29 September 1879lasted 6 days

WhereColorado, United States40.202N, 107.690W

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstUte

Casualties and losses24 killed; 44 woundedand19–37 killed; 7 missing

Record

Date	29 September 1879 to 5 October 1879
Place	Colorado, United States 40.202N, 107.690W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	~700	~250
Casualties and losses	24 killed; 44 wounded	19–37 killed; 7 missing
Commanders	Wesley Merritt Thomas T. Thornburgh	Nicaagat

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Platte Bridge 1865, 313 km N
Grattan massacre 1854, 349 km NE
Dull Knife Fight 1876, 372 km N
Morrisite War 1862, 376 km W
Battle of Summit Springs 1869, 387 km E

Elsewhere in 1879

Battle of Milk Creek is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (5 in Colorado).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871733, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Milk Creek, revision 1370750797, 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.