Coordinates: 45°20′07″N 107°52′04″W / 45.335153°N 107.867645°W / 45.335153; -107.867645
Hayfield Fight | |||||||
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Part of Red Cloud's War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Cheyenne and Sioux Indians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt. Col. Luther P. Bradley Lt. Sigismund Sternberg D. A. (Al) Colvin |
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Strength | |||||||
21 soldiers, 9 civilians | 500-800 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed 4 wounded |
Unknown: estimates from 8 to 23 killed |
The Hayfield Fight on August 1, 1867 was an engagement of Red Cloud's War near Fort C. F. Smith, Montana between 21 soldiers of the U.S. Army, a hay cutting crew of nine civilians, and several hundred American Indians, mostly Cheyenne and Arapaho but including some Lakota Sioux. The soldiers held off the Indians with newly-issued breech-loading Springfield Model 1866 rifles, inflicting significant casualties.
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