Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877

by Jerome A. Greene

Book Overview

Shortly after Custer's defeat in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Colonel Nelson A. Miles and his Fifth Infantry launched several significant campaigns to destroy the Lakota-Northern Cheyenne coalition in the Yellowstone River basin. Miles's expeditions involved relentless pursuit and attack throughout the winter months, culminating in the Lame Deer Fight of May 1877, the last major engagement of the Great Sioux War.

Yellowstone Command...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080613755X
• ISBN13: 9780806137551
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"