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Firsthand Accounts From Wounded Knee Tell a Chaotic Tale of Fear, Terror — and Indiscriminate Gunfire

by Robert Bateman11/5/201812/22/2022

What really happened in the deadly shooting rampage at Wounded Knee that left 200 Lakota Sioux dead? A close examination leaves one thing clear.

A 7th Cavalry Survivor of Little Bighorn Owed His Life to a Horse — But Not His Own

by John Koster8/16/20178/2/2022

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.

An Old Army-Issue Colt Resurfaces—Did It See Battle at Little Bighorn?

by Lee A. Silva8/15/20178/5/2022

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.

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