June 25 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn

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Legends Of The Old West

 

 

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, was an engagement between the combined forces of the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes against the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army. The most famous of all of the Indian Wars, the remarkable victory for the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne occurred over two days on June 25-26, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory. The U.S. cavalry detachment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, lost every soldier in his unit.

 

In late 1875, the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills. Soon, the recalcitrant Indians gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands. The following spring, two victories over the U.S. Cavalry emboldened them to fight on in the summer of 1876.

 

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As the largest troop under General Alfred Terry, Lieutenant Colonel Custer's force arrived at an overlook 14 miles east of the Little Bighorn River on the night of June 24, 1876, the rest of the column was marching toward the mouth of the Little Bighorn, to provide a blocking action. In the meantime, two Crow Indian scouts were sent ahead to survey the situation. Returning with a warning that a very large Indian encampment was situated at the Little Bighorn River, Custer chose to ignore this news, dividing his regiment into four commands with plans to continue with the attack. Expecting the Indians to flee at the first sign of assault, Custer moved his men forward on June 25th.

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The Account of Chief Red Horse

 

 

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Quit picking on poor Gen. Custer, he was just following Army doctrine of his time

 

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Monday, June 25, 2012 - 10:40 AM

 

 

 

Best Defense department of military revisionism

By "Tyrtaios"

In the spring of 1876, a three-pronged campaign was launched by the U.S. Army to drive the Lakota (Sioux) back to their reservation.

The first prong, under General John Gibbon, marched east from Fort Ellis (near Bozeman, Montana). The second prong, led by General Alfred Terry (that also included Lieutenant Colonel George Custer), headed west from Fort Lincoln (near Bismarck, N. Dakota), while the third prong consisted of General George Crook's force moving up north from Wyoming into Montana.

Unknown to Terry and Gibbon, on June 17, Crook encountered a camp near the Rosebud Creek in southern Montana, and a battle ensued lasting about six hours. Although Crook was not defeated by the standards of the day, having held the battlefield, it demonstrated the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne would fight long and ferociously, and must have given Crook pause, as he decided to withdraw his force to Wyoming. This broke one side of the triangle the three prongs were supposed to create.

Meanwhile, while Crook was retiring back into Wyoming, Terry was moving west up the Yellowstone River to the Little Bighorn with the 7th Cavalry, with George Custer scouting up ahead in advance after leaving Terry's sight on 22 June.

On the morning of the 25th, the 7th Cavalry was at a fork between the Rosebud and the Little Bighorn Rivers, known as the Crow's Nest, where Custer observed Read More

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Amazing (well maybe not) how history changes. When I was a kid he was a hero, by the end of the 60's he was a fool, blood thirsty bigot, probably insane...now it wasn't his fault.

 

IMO there are 3 reasons why this happened...A. lack of intelligence, B. lack of intelligence, & C. lack of intelligence. That and Calvary does not do well on defense Buford at Gettysburg not with standing. If they are not moving they don't carry enough fire power to really defend themselves.

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@Draggingtree

 

Amazing (well maybe not) how history changes. When I was a kid he was a hero, by the end of the 60's he was a fool, blood thirsty bigot, probably insane...now it wasn't his fault.

 

IMO there are 3 reasons why this happened...A. lack of intelligence, B. lack of intelligence, & C. lack of intelligence. That and Calvary does not do well on defense Buford at Gettysburg not with standing. If they are not moving they don't carry enough fire power to really defend themselves.

same with me Custer was and still is a Hero !