Why did general george armstrong custer bring troops into the black hills of the south

Black Hills Expedition (1874)

Part of the Sioux Wars

DateJuly 2, 1874 – August 30, 1874

LocationDakota Territory and Montana Territory

Belligerents

United States

Commanders and leaders

United States George A. Custer

United States Frederick D. Grant

Units involved

7th United States Cavalry Regiment

Strength

~1,200 Soldiers and Civilians

Casualties and losses

1 killed

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Sioux Wars

The Black Hills Expedition was a United States Army expedition in 1874 led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer that set out on July 2, 1874 from modern day Bismarck, North Dakota, which was then Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, with orders to travel to the previously uncharted Black Hills of South Dakota.

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