General Custer’s last stand was 150 years ago, but for descendants of the Battle of Little Bighorn’s two protagonists the fight continues.
The Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876, lasted barely a full day, but it would become one of the most famous, controversial and mysterious military engagements in American history.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn killed Custer and more than 260 others on June 25, 1876 — and his complicated legacy is still visible in Monroe, Michigan, where a statue honoring him remains standing ...
New Jersey soldiers rode with Custer at Little Bighorn. Some died, some survived and others missed one of America's most ...
The Battle of the Little Bighorn is one of the most famous and most misunderstood events in American history. On June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and roughly 210 men of his ...
The wrath of President Grant -- Glorious war -- Chasing shadows on the plains -- Death along the Washita -- Battling Sioux in Yellowstone country -- Black Hills, red spirits -- Prelude to war -- First ...
MONROE, Mich. (WXYZ) — Monday marks Indigenous People’s Day. Started as an alternative to Columbus Day, it brings recognition to native peoples’ histories ...
I was about 10 when I read Quentin Reynolds’ YA biography “Custer’s Last Stand” (1951), a perfect book for an Oklahoma boy like me intoxicated by the surfeit of cowboy shows on 1950s TV. Reynolds ...
George Armstrong Custer, shown in an 1859 photograph as a 19-year-old West Point cadet in his summer furlough uniform, and in a later undated photo, will be the subject of a talk by biographer T.J.
George Armstrong Custer is one of the most misunderstood and controversial figures in American history. His very name brings an immediate reaction. Lt. Col. Custer and his command — a battalion from ...
The Native American tribes had pet names for George Armstrong Custer. The Crow called him Child of the Morning Star, the Cheyenne labeled him Yellow Hair, but the Lakota Sioux referred to him as Long ...