Battle of Summit Springs
1869 conflict in the Comanche War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Summit Springs, on July 11, 1869, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army under the command of Colonel Eugene A. Carr and a group of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Tall Bull, who was killed during the engagement. The US forces were assigned to retaliate for a series of raids in north-central Kansas by Chief Tall Bull's Dog Soldiers band of the Cheyenne. The battle happened south of Sterling, Colorado in Washington County near the Logan/Washington county line.
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Battle of Summit Springs | |||||||
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Part of the Comanche War, American Indian Wars | |||||||
The Battle of Summit Springs site showing three of the memorials | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Arapaho Cheyenne Sioux | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Eugene A. Carr | Tall Bull † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
244 soldiers 50 scouts | ~450 men, women and children | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 wounded |
~35 killed 17 captured[2][3] | ||||||
Civilian Casualties 1 killed 1 wounded | |||||||
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