Search results
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.
- Battle of The Rosebud
The Battle of the Rosebud (also known as the Battle of...
- James Calhoun
James Calhoun (August 24, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a...
- Bloody Knife
Bloody Knife (Sioux: Tȟamila Wewe; Arikara: NeesiRAhpát; ca....
- Great Sioux War of 1876
The Great Sioux War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills...
- Pretty Nose
Participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn:...
- Marcus Reno
Marcus Albert Reno (November 15, 1834 – March 30, 1889) was...
- George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876)...
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the...
- Battle of The Rosebud
Mar 28, 2024 · Battle of the Little Bighorn, battle at the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory on June 25, 1876, between U.S. federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and Northern Plains Indians (Lakota and Northern Cheyenne) led by Sitting Bull.
People also ask
Who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Where did the Battle of Little Bighorn take place?
What happened at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7 th Regiment of the US Cavalry, along with their Crow, and Arikara scouts.
- Custer’s Early Life Was Less Than Auspicious
- The Plains Indians Show Tremendous Fortitude
- Custer Goes AWOL and Is Court-Martialed by The U.S. Army.
- Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse: Battle-Hardened Warriors
- Background to The Battle of The Little Bighorn
- Custer's ‘Last Stand’ Becomes A Slaughter
- Custer Dies by Two Bullet Wounds
- Reaction to The Little Big Horn Spells Doom For The Plains Indians
- 'Custer's Last Stand' Becomes A Manufactured Legacy
George Armstrong Custer, born in Ohio in 1839, earned a certificate for teaching grammar school in 1856 but had much grander goals. The following year, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was a less-than-stellar cadet: Custer graduated dead last in his class of 1861. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Custer joined...
The Great Plains were the last Native American holdout in America. As settlers colonized the far west before the Civil War, few had put down roots in the Plains due to its dry weather and large Indigenous populations. But after the Civil War, far-west land became scarcer and the U.S. government granted 10 percent of Plains land to settlers and rail...
Custer’s first assignment was helping Major General Winfield S. Hancock carry out a shock-and-awe campaign to overwhelm the tribal nations. At the end of the campaign, Custer deserted and joined his wife at Fort Riley. He was court-martialed in 1867 and suspended without rank and pay for one year. The fact that Custer—a highly-decorated and well-re...
In 1873, Custer faced a group of attacking Lakota at the Northern Pacific Railroad Survey at Yellowstone. It was his first encounter with Lakota leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, but it wouldn’t be his last. Little did Custer know at the time the two Indigenous leaders would play a role in his death a few years later. In 1868, the U.S. governme...
The U.S. Army dispatched three columns of soldiers, including Custer and his 7th Cavalry, to round up Indigenous people and return them to their reservations. The plan was for Custer’s cavalry and Brigadier General Alfred Terry’s infantry to rendezvous with troops under the command of Colonel John Gibbon and Brigadier General George Crook. They’d t...
The exact events of Custer’s Last Stand are unclear. What is known is that neither Benteen or Reno helped Custer despite admitting later they’d heard heavy gunfire coming from Custer’s position. Custer and his men were left to face scores of Native American warriors alone. Some historians believe many of Custer’s men panicked, dismounted from their...
In the end, Custer found himself on the defensive with nowhere to hide and nowhere to run and was killed along with every man in his battalion. His body was found near Custer Hill, also known as Last Stand Hill, alongside the bodies of 40 of his men, including his brother and nephew, and dozens of dead horses. Custer had suffered two bullet wounds,...
The Battle of the Little Big Horn didn’t end with the massacre of Custer and his men. The Native Americans quickly regrouped and pursued Reno’s and Benteen’s battalions. The troops fought until General Terry’s reinforcements finally arrived. Now it was the Native Americans who were outnumbered so they packed up camp and fled, bringing the largest d...
The Battle of the Little Bighorn—aka Custer’s Last Stand—is steeped in controversy. To this day, many people question his actions that fateful day. He’s often accused of arrogance for not following the original battle plan and leading his men to certain death. Yet it’s possible Custer believed reinforcements were on the way and wanted to strike bef...
- Annette Mcdermott
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.
