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"Reno
proved incompetent and Benteen showed his indifference – I will not use the uglier words that have often been in my mind. Both failed Custer and he had to fight it out alone."
Little Bighorn veteran William Taylor, letter to Lieutenant Godfrey, February 20, 1910
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The two faces of George Armstrong Custer. (USA Today (Magazine), May 1st, 1994)
Custer rides again: collector fascination with all things Custer shows no sign of slowing down. (Antiques Roadshow Insider, June 1, 2006)
Too dashing a soldier, but no villain; A new look at Custer. (The Economist, October 12, 2002)
Custer still stands. (myths about Gen. George Custer keep his memory alive) (Newsweek, July 1, 1996)
Saving Private Custer (Champs de Batailles, July-August
2007). Explaining the disinformation on Custer for French readers. The whole case on the Little Bighorn, which is 26-pages long, relates the betrayal.
George Armstrong Custer, Encycloapedia Britannica (quoting General Miles on Little Bighorn)
Did a personal spat between General Custer and his deputy lead to the humiliating defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876? Gavin Mortimer assesses the
evidence. (BBC History Magazine, February 2002). Relating Benteen's betrayal at Little Bighorn.