Great Sioux War Orders of Battle: How the United States Army Waged War on the Northern Plains, 1876-

In this compelling sourcebook, Paul Hedren uses extensive documentation to demonstrate that the American army adapted quickly to the challenges of fighting this unconventional war and was more effectively led and better equipped than is customarily believed. While it lost at Powder River and at the Little Big Horn, it did not lose the Great Sioux War.

In the first part of this volume, Hedren considers concepts of doctrine, training, culture, and matériel to aid understanding of the army’s structure and disposition. In part two he dissects the twenty-eight Great Sioux War deployments in chronological order, including documentation of command structures, regiments, and companies employed. In the concluding section, the author addresses how an otherwise sound American army was defeated in two battles and nearly lost a third. The book also features seven helpful appendices, a glossary, and an oversized map showing forts, encampments, and battle sites.

By expanding his purview to encompass all of the war’s battles—along with troop movements, strategies, and tactics—Hedren offers an authoritative account of the conduct of U.S. forces in a campaign all too frequently misunderstood.

• Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn
• Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War: The Battlefields, Forts, and Related Sites of America's Greatest Indian War
• Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War
• The Godfrey Diary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn: (Expanded, Annotated)
• The Fights on the Little Horn: Unveiling the Mysteries of Custer's Last Stand
• The Montana Column: March to the Little Bighorn
• With Crook at the Rosebud (Abridged, Annotated)
• After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country
• After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country
• Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War