Battle of Summit Springs

Battle of Summit Springs
Part of the Comanche War, American Indian Wars
The Battle of Summit Springs site showing three of the memorials
Date July 11, 1869 Location Washington County, Colorado[1] 40°25′58″N 103°8′21″W / 40.43278°N 103.13917°W / 40.43278; -103.13917 Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Arapaho Cheyenne Sioux
Commanders and leaders
Eugene A. Carr	Tall Bull †
Strength
244 soldiers 50 scouts	~450 men, women and children
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	~35 killed 17 captured[2][3]
Civilian Casualties 1 killed 1 wounded
Summit Springs Battlefield class=notpageimage| Location within Colorado

The Battle of Summit Springs, on July 11, 1869, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army under the command of Colonel Eugene A. Carr and a group of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Tall Bull, who was killed during the engagement. The US forces were assigned to retaliate for a series of raids in north-central Kansas by Chief Tall Bull's Dog Soldiers band of the Cheyenne. The battle happened south of Sterling, Colorado in Washington County near the Logan/Washington county line.