Regional1857

Battle of Spirit Lake

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United States

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Spirit Lake (1857), part of the Sioux Indian Wars. Sioux Indians defeated United States.

Belligerents2

Sioux Indians
United States

ON THE MAPLakota / Sioux TerritoryUnited States (1860)

Conflict graph

PART OFSioux Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Spirit Lake (1857). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-spirit-lake · Sources & methodology