Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Sitting Bull

Battles of Sitting Bull

Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)

Sitting Bull is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1876: 6 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 930 km apart end to end, 186 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Sioux Wars (3), Great Sioux War of 1876 (2).

Battle of Pease BottomBattle of Dead Buffalo LakeBattle of Killdeer MountainBattle of the BadlandsBattle of the Little BighornBattle of Cedar CreekBattle of Dead Buffalo LakeBattle of Killdeer MountainBattle of the BadlandsBattle of the Little BighornBattle of Cedar CreekMinotWillistonMiles CityGlasgowMobridgeGlendiveHardin200 km46.540N, 103.627W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 1 engagements1864: 2 engagements2 in 18641873: 1 engagements1876: 2 engagements2 in 187618631876
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake, 1863Battle of Killdeer Mountain, 1864Battle of the Badlands, 1864Battle of Pease Bottom, 1873Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876Battle of Cedar Creek, 187618631876
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 July 1863Battle of Dead Buffalo LakeDakota Territory, North Dakota, United StatesUnited States victory
28 July 1864Battle of Killdeer MountainDakota Territory, North Dakota, United States244 km WUnited States victory
7 August 1864Battle of the Badlandsbadlands, North Dakota, United States84 km SWUnited States victory
11 August 1873Battle of Pease BottomMontana, United States300 km WUnited States victory
25 June 1876Battle of the Little BighornLittle Bighorn River, Montana, United States67 km SLakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho victory
21 October 1876Battle of Cedar CreekMontana, United States234 km NUnited States tactical victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, David Francis Barry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.