Custer Expedition of 1874
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The Custer Expedition of 1874 was a U.S. Army reconnaissance mission led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer into the Black Hills that publicized the region’s gold deposits and helped trigger the Black Hills Gold Rush.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Custer Expedition of 1874 canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
military expedition
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reconnaissance mission ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
Arapaho
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Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Hills Expedition of 1874
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Custer’s Black Hills Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateStrength | 1000 men ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | United States Army high command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseOfDeparture | Fort Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderRank | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| consequence |
heightened tensions between the United States and the Lakota
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increased pressure to open the Black Hills to mining ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discovered | gold in the Black Hills ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
newspaper accounts
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official military reports ⓘ photographic images ⓘ |
| endDate | 1874-08-30 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Sioux Reservation era
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prelude to the Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ |
| includedElement |
artillery detachment
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cavalry troops ⓘ civilian guides ⓘ engineers ⓘ infantry detachment ⓘ newspaper correspondents ⓘ photographers ⓘ scientific personnel ⓘ teamsters ⓘ |
| leader | George Armstrong Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | unauthorized entry into treaty-protected Indian territory ⓘ |
| location |
Black Hills
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Dakota Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Cyrus E. Wood
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Newton H. Winchell NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Illingworth NERFINISHED ⓘ William Ludlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
assessment of military sites
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evaluation of natural resources ⓘ reconnaissance of the Black Hills ⓘ search for potential gold deposits ⓘ |
| reportedTo | Department of Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
helped trigger the Black Hills Gold Rush
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increased white encroachment on Lakota lands ⓘ publicized gold in the Black Hills ⓘ |
| route | from Fort Abraham Lincoln into the Black Hills ⓘ |
| startDate | 1874-07-02 ⓘ |
| unitInvolved | 7th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| violatedTreaty | Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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