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Modoc War

BelligerentsModoc United StatesCommanders and leadersKintpuash (Captain Jack)Scarface CharleyShaknasty JimFrank WheatonJohn GreenReuben BenardAlvan GillemEdwin Cooley MasonJefferson C. DavisEdward Canby†Donald McKayBilly ChinookStrength 120 warriors 1,000 infantry, scouts, and cavalry2 howitzersCasualties and losses 17 warriors killed39 warriors captured 83 soldiers and volunteers killed46 woundedThe Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native AmericanModoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon between 1872 and 1873.

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