Lasting nearly two years, the Great Sioux War pitted almost one-third of the U.
S.
In this compelling sourcebook, Paul Hedren.
It also entrenched a view of the army as largely inept.
By the time it ended, this grueling war had played out on twenty-seven different battlefields scattered across five states, resulted in hundreds of casualties, cost millions of dollars, and transformed the landscape and the lives of survivors on both sides.
Army against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyennes.
Lasting nearly two years, the Great Sioux War pitted almost one-third of the U.
S