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== Order of battle == | == Order of battle == | ||
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(Maj. Gen. Tommy Saxon) | (Maj. Gen. Tommy Saxon) | ||
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2nd Brigade | 2nd Brigade | ||
* A Squadron, | * A Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons | ||
* B Squadron, | * B Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons | ||
* C Squadron, | * C Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons | ||
3rd Brigade | 3rd Brigade | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 28 March 2026
| Battle of the Bighorn Lake | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | |||||||
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| Units involved | |||||||
| Irregular military | Utah Territorial Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000–3,600 warriors |
15,000
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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| 100 Non-combatant natives killed | |||||||
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Background
Order of battle
Bighorn Relief Army
(Maj. Gen. Tommy Saxon)
1st (Regular) Division – 4,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, 12 guns
(Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Blair)
1st Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Northern Utah Borderers
- 1st Battalion, Utah Volunteer Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Utah Volunteer Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Salt Lake Guards Regiment
2nd Brigade
- A Squadron, Young's Life Guards
- B Squadron, Young's Life Guards
3rd Brigade
- "A" Battery, 1st (Salt Lake) Regiment of Utah Artillery
- "G" Battery, 3rd (Logan) Regiment of Utah Artillery
2nd (Reserve) Division – 6,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 24 guns
(Bvt. Maj. Gen. Samuel Sawyer)
1st Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Salt Lake Scottish Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Salt Lake Scottish Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, Salt Lake Scottish Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Utah Grenadier Guards
- 2nd Battalion, Utah Grenadier Guards
- 3rd Battalion, Utah Grenadier Guards
2nd Brigade
- A Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons
- B Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons
- C Squadron, Brigham City Dragoons
3rd Brigade
- "B" Battery, 1st (Salt Lake) Regiment of Utah Artillery
- "C" Battery, 1st (Salt Lake) Regiment of Utah Artillery
- "H" Battery, 3rd (Logan) Regiment of Utah Artillery
- "I" Battery, 3rd (Logan) Regiment of Utah Artillery