| Battle of Mud Lake/Mud Lake Massacre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Indian Wars, Snake War | |||||
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| Nations | |||||
 United States | Smoke Creek Paiute - Kuyuidika-a Paiute[1] | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Almond B. Wells[1] | Unknown | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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50 troopers of 1st Battalion Nevada Volunteer Cavalry 2 civilian guides[1] | 30 Kuyuidika-a Paiute women, children, elderly. | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| "several wounded"[2] | 29 killed[2] | ||||
The Battle of Mud Lake/Mud Lake Massacre, also known as the "Skirmish at Mud Lake",[3] occurred on 14 March 1865 during the Snake War in northwest Nevada Territory, at present-day Winnemucca Lake, Nevada, during the closing months of the concurrent American Civil War.
- ^ a b c Michno, Gregory (2003). Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850–1890. Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-0-87842-468-9. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ a b The Union Army: Cyclopedia of battles. Federal Publishing Company. 1908. p. 621.
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