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Tom Custer
Thomas Ward Custer, George's younger brother and US hero THE FIGHTING LION source : Tom Custer's homepage Before the War In 1865, George Armstrong Custer said of his younger brother: "Do you want to know what I think of him? Tom should have been the General...
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Custer's medal
Custer in the Civil War CUSTER'S MEDAL To make his men proud of their unit, General George A. Custer created a medal, the "Custer Medal". A star, two crossed sabers and a cross were designed and eventually made by an industry in New York. On the cross,...
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Calhoun's Last Stand
LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN White Bull's fight at Little Bighorn - and Lieutenant Calhoun's last stand CALHOUN'S LAST STAND source: Gregory Michno, "Lakota Noon", Mountain Press Publishing, page 217 Indians charge Calhoun Hill, at 5.40 p.m.. Minneconjou warchief...
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Historian Michno on Reno and Benteen
LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN Historian Michno on the duration of the fight and Reno's/Benteen's behavior THEIR BEST INTERESTS http://www.david-strathairn.com : Son of the Morning Star (1991) Source: Gregory F. Michno, Lakota Noon, the Indian narrative of Custer’s...
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Custer's funeral
On October 10, 1877, General Custer received full military honors at West Point Military Academy CUSTER'S FUNERAL source: Harper's Weekly The remains of this gallant officer were laid in their last resting place in the West Point Cemetery on the 10th...
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A friendship in the Civil War
The Story of Generals Young and Custer CUSTER'S CONFEDERATE FRIEND source: Cartersville Bartow County Pierce Manning Butler Young was a young West Point cadet in 1861 from Cartersville, Georgia. His roommate, George Armstrong Custer, was a Yankee. They...
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Ree scout Bloody Knife
Arikara scout and Little Bighorn fallen hero ARIKARA PRIDE Bloody Knife was born in 1840 to an Hunkpapa Sioux father and a Ree mother. He spent his first 16 years with his father, but was frequently taunted, beaten and abused for being a "half-breed"....
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Abandoned
LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN Custer’s Last Stand Still Stands Up (extract) by Robert Nightengale , Custer scholar, author of "Little Big Horn" (FarWest publishing, 1996), in Wild West magazine, August 2005 source: HistoryNet.com Not that it was always smooth...
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A Stand for Victory
40 years after Davy Crockett's stand at the Alamo, Custer's stand was much more important that people usually think CUSTER'S STAND MATTERED FOR VICTORY original article by custerwest.org member Jessie Reil I will submit that George Custer was and is a...
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn in six minutes
now you can visit : Custer's Last Stand, the case Welcome to the world of Custeriana! Warning : there is no turning back for the Custer passion. :-) The chart of the Custer buff #1 I will trust but historical evidence #2 I will respect General Custer...
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CDW #2
CUSTER DISINFORMATION WATCH report disinformation to custerwest.org Tracking down lies and hateful attacks on Custer's legacy South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds ready to kneel in front of radicals ATTACKING CUSTER STATE PARK UNITED NATIVES PETITION...
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custerwest.org links
custerwest.org's LINKS JOIN THE LINE put a link to custerwest.org and propose your website for this page! contact@custerwest.org www.thelbha.org : the website of the biggest Custer association in the world, which includes dozens of specialists, publishes...
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Custer in "Spirit" (2002)
Custer is a ruthless and honorable soldier in a 2002 cartoon CUSTER IN ANIMATION Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is an animated film that was released in 2002 by DreamWorks Pictures. General Custer is simply named "The Colonel". The movie opens with...
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Custer's dogs
Custer's dogs were near their master during the Last Stand THE DOGS OF THE GOLDEN CAVALIER "Custer was rarely without his dogs. They accompanied him on hunts and on campaigns; they ranged themselves at his feet, rested their heads on his lap, shared his...
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CTW #1
CUSTER TRUTH WATCH report Custer Truth to custerwest.org Taking a Stand works 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....
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Custer buffs: new mission
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will raise interest in General Custer... But the mission of Custer buffs must be defined. CUSTER BUFFS: CHANGE IS NEEDED Battling in the Smithsonian museums with Ben Stiller: Left: Attila the Hun, Sacajewea,...
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Libbie
April 8, 1842 - April 6, 1933 LIBBIE FOREVER source: Gene Smith, "Libbie Custer", American Heritage Magazine, August 1993 My husband rode to the top of a promontory and turned around, stood up in his stirrups and waved his hat. Then they all started forward...
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The guidon
2007 experiment: what Custer saw during the Last Stand GUIDON ON WEIR POINT Experiment with guidon on Weir Point (the hill where Captain Weir, and Benteen and Reno were standing at 6 p.m.). Can it be seen from Calhoun Hill and Custer Hill (Last Stand...
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What the Custers wore
WHAT CUSTER WORE Sources: The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custerania, edited by Colonel W.A. Graham, The Stackpole Books, , pages 342 - 343 "General Custer carried a Remington Sporting rifle, octagonal barrel; two Bulldog selfcocking, English, white-handled...
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The white boys of the Washita
The white boys held captives in the Washita village and eventually freed by Custer WHITE CAPTIVES AT WASHITA edited by David Cornut, author of "Little Big Horn" (France, 2006) Sources : Black Kettle’s Last Raid , by Hill P. Wilson, Transactions of Kansas...
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The Elliott Affair
The story of a controversy that never existed THE ELLIOTT AFFAIR During the battle of the Washita, when Custer's 7th cavalry crushed the terror base of Cheyenne chief Black Kettle (see VIDEO: Washita), a party of 18 men, led by Major Joel Elliott, pursued...
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Testimony of Lieut. Edward Godfrey
FAILED TO HOLD A LEG As it turned out I think Custer did make a mistake in going in with a divided force, not that the division of itself would have been fatal but because Reno failed to hold a leg even if he couldn’t skin. __ Lieutenant Edward Godfrey,...
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The taboo: men tortured in the village
How prisoners of the 7th cavalry were brought back to the village and horribly tortured TORTURE IN THE VILLAGE A whole part of the battle has become totally ignored: we know that the Native American warriors tortured wounded soldiers and mutilated their...
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"Sitting Bull" (1954)
Movie Guide Director: Sidney Salkow Release Date: 6 October 1954 (USA) Dale Robertson ... Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish Mary Murphy ... Kathy Howell J. Carrol Naish ... Sitting Bull (as J. Carroll Naish) John Litel ... Gen. Wilford Howell Joel Fluellen ......
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Reno in the timber
TESTIMONIES ON RENO IN THE TIMBER Reno’s position [in the timber] was impregnable and nothing but fear could have prompted his retreat. __ Lieutenant DeRudio, Company M, 7th cavalry, after Little Bighorn (Sklenar, Larry, To Hell with Honor, p.365) ++...