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1 day ago · The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
- June 25-26, 1876
May 10, 2024 · Black Elk (l. 1863-1950) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux was twelve years old at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876. He gives his account of the famous conflict in the work Black Elk Speaks...
- Joshua J. Mark
May 27, 2024 · The Battle of Little Bighorn was the climax of longstanding tensions between the U.S. government and the Native American tribes of the northern Great Plains. For centuries, the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho had lived as nomadic hunters, following the massive herds of bison that sustained their way of life.
May 13, 2024 · There are many versions of the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, especially concerning who killed Custer and how he died – including that he was struck from his horse by Buffalo Calf Road Woman and that he was killed by Rain-in-the-Face – but the end result was the decisive Sioux victory predicted by Sitting Bull, which came to be ...
- Joshua J. Mark
May 28, 2024 · George Armstrong Custer (born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S.—died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory) was a U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the American Civil War (1861–65) but later led his men to death in one of the most controversial battles in U.S. history, the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- George Armstrong Custer was a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) and a U.S. commander in wars against Native Americans over...
- George Armstrong Custer was married to Elizabeth (Libbie) Bacon Custer in her hometown of Monroe, Michigan. They wed on February 9, 1864.
- George Armstrong Custer was found with two bullet wounds—one in his chest and one in front of his left temple—either of which could have killed him...
- Although George Armstrong Custer was considered a hero by many Americans after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, his image changed in the latter ha...
2 days ago · Custer's violations of the Fort Laramie Treaty included an 1874 gold expedition and the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass (Battle of the Little Bighorn). [153] Critics have also highlighted Custer's 1868 Washita River surprise attack that killed Cheyenne non-combatants including mothers, children, and elders.
May 27, 2024 · The Battle of the Little Bighorn of June 25-26 1876, deerskin painting by an unknown Cheyenne artist, c. 1878. National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
