Battle of Killdeer Mountain

The Battle of Killdeer Mountain (also known as the Battle of Tahkahokuty Mountain) took place during Brig. Gen. Alfred Sully’s expedition against the Sioux Indians in Dakota Territory on June 28, 1864. The location of the battleground is in modern Dunn County, North Dakota. With a total of more than 4,000 soldiers involved, Sully’s expedition was the largest ever carried out by the U.S. army against Indians.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Killdeer Mountain
• Page 125-126 - Philbrick, N., 2010, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn: Viking, New York, 466p.