When the serial number of a gun in a private collection incredibly matches that of one from a 7th Cavalry inventory, the hunt is on to determine if it was used at the famous battle.
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Correspondent Mark Kellogg Was ‘At the Death’ on the Little Bighorn
Though well compensated, he didn’t live to tell the story. Reporter Mark Kellogg needed […]
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What Happened to the Custer Family After the Last Stand at Little Bighorn?
George’s widow Libbie and their hometown of Monroe, Mich. mourned the losses along with other Custer relatives.
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Book Review: Death at the Little Bighorn
DOD historian Phillip Thomas Tucker reassesses tactics at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn
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Little Bighorn Slaper’s Side of the Story
In a 1920 interview Private William Slaper of Company M, 7th U.S. Cavalry, defended […]
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Right as Rain-in-the-Face: A Lakota Warrior Speaks about Little Bighorn
The Lakota warrior spoke candidly about Tom Custer and other soldiers at the Battle […]
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Left Hand Went From Custer Scout to Lakota Warrior at the Little Bighorn
The Hunkpapa Lakota warrior Left Hand is one of the quiet enigmas of Custer’s […]
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How Many Sioux and Cheyenne Died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
How many Sioux and Cheyenne Indians died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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Did Custer’s Men Try to Flee During the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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 […]