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Posted inReview

Book Review: Death at the Little Bighorn

by HistoryNet staff3/23/2017

DOD historian Phillip Thomas Tucker reassesses tactics at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn

Posted inUncategorized

Little Bighorn Slaper’s Side of the Story

by John Koster3/2/20175/17/2017

In a 1920 interview Private William Slaper of Company M, 7th U.S. Cavalry, defended […]

Posted inUncategorized

Right as Rain-in-the-Face: A Lakota Warrior Speaks about Little Bighorn

by John Koster3/2/20175/17/2017

The Lakota warrior spoke candidly about Tom Custer and other soldiers at the Battle […]

Posted inUncategorized

Left Hand Went From Custer Scout to Lakota Warrior at the Little Bighorn

by John Koster1/4/20176/2/2017

The Hunkpapa Lakota warrior Left Hand is one of the quiet enigmas of Custer’s […]

Posted inAsk Prof. History

How Many Sioux and Cheyenne Died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

by Mr. History9/1/20158/19/2022

How many Sioux and Cheyenne Indians died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

Posted inFeature

Did Custer’s Men Try to Flee During the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

by John Koster6/15/201310/27/2022

Whether anyone from Custer’s immediate command escaped the massacre is debatable, but some definitely tried to get away.

Battle Of Little Bighorn

Facts, information and articles about the Battle Of Little Bighorn, a famous battle of […]

Posted inStories

10 Battle of Little Bighorn Myths

by Gregory Michno2/20/200910/25/2022

Why do so many myths persist about the events of Jun 25, 1876, when the Sioux and Cheyenne defeated Lt. Col. George Custer in Montana Territory?

A detail of a circa-1878 lithograph called "General Custer's Death Struggle" depicts the last moments of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Posted inStories

A Farmer Told His Bride an Old Wound Was From a Fight With Some Indians. He Got It at Little Bighorn.

by John P. Koster4/9/200710/20/2022

Many men had claimed to have been survivors of Custer’s command at the bloody Battle of Little Bighorn, but Frank Finkel was the real deal.

Posted inUncategorized

The 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment Fought in the Battle of the Little Bighorn

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20068/4/2016

Among the troopers advancing with Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn in June 1876 were 1st Lt. Charles DeRudio and Privates John Martin and Augustus De Voto.

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