Battle of Fort Laramie

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Increased_tensions_between_U.S._and_Native_Americans
gptkbp:casualties Low for both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Historical markers
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Lakota_Sioux
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Chief_Red_Cloud
gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Emory
gptkbp:contemporary Ongoing_discussions_about_Native_rights.
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Several hundred warriors
gptkbp:cultural_heritage Protect hunting grounds
gptkbp:culturalImpact Symbol_of_Native_American_resistance
gptkbp:date August 1865
gptkbp:depictedIn Books and documentaries
gptkbp:followedBy Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
gptkbp:foughtIn Plains_of_Wyoming
gptkbp:historicalContext Expansion_of_U.S._territories
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Military records
Interpretations of victory
Varied perspectives on conflict
Native_American_oral_histories
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Highlighted conflicts over land rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Fort Laramie
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Native_American_resistance_movements
U.S._government_policies
Gold_rush_in_the_West
gptkbp:involvedCountries gptkb:Lakota_Sioux
gptkb:Cheyenne
Arapaho
gptkbp:legacy Continued conflict over land rights
gptkbp:legalStatus Treaties and land agreements
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Laramie,_Wyoming
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:General_Patrick_Connor
Secure the frontier
gptkbp:nativeTo Red Cloud
nan
Ambush_U.S._forces
gptkbp:notable_event Reenactments
gptkbp:outcome Temporary_U.S._control_of_the_area
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Red_Cloud's_War
gptkbp:precededBy Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
gptkbp:relatedEvent Fetterman Massacre
Battle of the Hundred in the Hand
gptkbp:result Union victory
gptkbp:significance Part_of_the_Indian_Wars
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control_of_the_Bozeman_Trail
gptkbp:tactics Defend supply lines
Guerrilla_warfare_by_Native_Americans
gptkbp:torque Approximately 1,000 troops
gptkbp:type skirmish