| Battle of Suggs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Johnson County War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 9th Cavalry | Homesteaders | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Charles S. Ilsey | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
1 killed 2 wounded | None | ||||||
The Battle of Suggs, also known as the Suggs Affray or the Suggs Affair, was a shootout between Buffalo Soldiers and Wyoming homesteaders in Suggs, Wyoming on June 17, 1892.[1][2] The skirmish was part of a larger conflict known as the Johnson County War fought from 1889 to 1893 between wealthy ranchers and settlers of modest means who the former accused of being rustlers.
- ^ Schubert, Frank N. (1973). "The Suggs Affray: The Black Cavalry in the Johnson County War". The Western Historical Quarterly. 4 (1): 57–68. doi:10.2307/967068. ISSN 0043-3810 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Buffalo Soldiers in Wyoming and the West". www.wyohistory.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-10.