Red Cloud's War - Part 1

In the summer of 1865, a coalition of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors lead by Red Cloud was massing to make war on the United States.  The treaty of Fort Laramie was a failure.  Attacks on gold prospectors and settlers illegally moving into and through tribal lands were rising.  The Sand Creek massacre set fire to the plains.  Red Cloud's War would be one of the longest fought by the United States Army against the Native peoples of North America west of the Mississippi.

This issue, first in a two-part series, focuses on the early fighting in the North Platte River country, what is today western Nebraska and Wyoming.  It continues in the same three game campaign format with an extra scenario, all using Rebels and Patriots rules by Osprey Publishing.