Tuesday Quiz - who is this?

[Zippy]

Sitting Bull - Little Big Horn

[EternalOptimist]

Sitting Bull - Little Big Horn

not sitting bull or custer

[shaunbhoy]

William Barret Travis??

[EternalOptimist]

William Barret Travis??

not the alamo

[ace00]

Charge of the light brigade person.

[shaunbhoy]

This person was a soldier, a leader. They led their warriors in a famous battle, defending a narrow gap against a vastly superior enemy. The enemy mounted warriors ,inparticular, suffered badly. The battle is probably better known than the leader.

Sir Colin Campbell??

[realityhack]

So, it's not the Battle of Thermopylae, upon which the movie 300 is based.

Is it the Satsuma Rebellion, upon which The Last Samurai is loosely based?

[Coalman]

Russian General Menshikov

Battle of Balaclava aka Charge of the Light Brigade

[EternalOptimist]

So, it's not the Battle of Thermopylae, upon which the movie 300 is based.

Is it the Satsuma Rebellion, upon which The Last Samurai is loosely based?

not thermopolae (good red herring , that one)
not the last samurai

major clue

This warrior had fought the Teutons for five years before he was taken

[EternalOptimist]

Russian General Menshikov

Battle of Balaclava aka Charge of the Light Brigade

not the crimea , no