Portrait of Custer in his Civil War Union uniform.
Custer and about 42 men make a last stand against the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors about to overrun their position. ("Long Hair's Last Sun" by Michael Gentry)
History knows it as Custer's Last Stand. It was more like Sitting Bull's Last Stand, along with thousands of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho. Are they still holding firm?
About 35 to 40 men fom Last Stand Hill made a dash toward the Little Bighorn River. Most were from E Company and a few were on horseback—perhaps they were trying to break through and find the rest of the regiment. Indian warriors turned them aside and funneled them into deep ravine where all were killed.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in south-east Montana is a solemn place. Foolhardy bravado, a clash of cultures and deadly bloodshed have forever marked its place in the pages of history. White man came across the sea He brought us pain and misery He killed our tribes killed our creed He took our game for his…
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A view from Weir Point shows the positions of Custer’s men about 4 miles distant.
Custer’s marker has a black shield; white markers show where some of his officers and enlisted men fell.
Comanche was a mixed-breed horse known as the sole survivor of General George Custer's command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. The
General Custer’s widow Libbie in the early 1900s. She spent her life burnishing her late husband’s reputation and wore mourning black until she died of a heart attack a few days before her 91st birthday.
Source materials for "Conversations with Crazy Horse" by Bruce Brown
Find out what set in motion the deadly chain of events that led to General Custer's troops being overwhelmed by Sitting Bull's force of 8,000 Lakota & Cheyenne during The Battle of Little Bighorn.
Although the “Red Legs” is commonly associated with the Jayhawkers of the Bleeding Kansas era and the Civil War, they were a separate guerilla unit.
George Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars.
US Soldier killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Original burial site. Butler was the veteran 1st Sergeant of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. He was described as 5'5, grey eyes, sandy hair with a ruddy complexion. His civilian occupation was farmer. Butler first enlisted, with the consent of his mother, into the...
