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Around the Last Stand
Cheyenne warrior Wooden Leg's story during the very Last Stand (6 p.m.- 6.20 p.m.) SCENE OF THE LAST STAND source: Gregory F. Michno, Lakota Noon, the Indian narrative of Custer’s defeat, Missoula, Mountain Press, 1997, page 251 "Remaining mounted most...
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East Cavalry Field: Custer vs Stuart
Brigadier General Custer, 23 years old, who gained his title 60 hours before the Battle of Gettysburg, won the East Cavalry Fight (July 3, 1863) against legendary General J.E.B. Stuart FIRST LAURELS source : Echoes of Gettysburg edited by custerwest.org...
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Captain Thomas Benton Weir
New custerwest video: Captain Thomas Weir tried to stop the betrayal of Little Bighorn DUTY MATTERS "The legacy of heroes--the memory of a great name, and the inheritance of a great example." Benjamin Disraeli Thomas Benton Weir (1838-1876) United States...
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Sergeant Kanipe on the betrayal
One of Custer's last messengers explained the betrayal to his son SERGEANT KANIPE ON THE BETRAYAL source: William F. Boyes, Custer's Battle Plan for 25 June 1876, in the Little Big Horn Associates Research Review, volume 22, no1, Winter 2008, page 16...
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Chief Black Kettle's 1864 attacks
The massacre of the Hungate family by "Peace Chief" Black Kettle's warriors BLACK KETTLE'S COLORADO MASSACRE by Jeff Broome Ph.D, custerwest.org member and author of Dog Soldier Justice: The Ordeal of Susanna Alderdice in the Kansas Indian War (Lincoln,...
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CTW #4
Military hero, senator and Republican favorite for the 2008 US elections, McCain has Custer's saber at home JOHN McCAIN AND THE BOYGENERAL 1. The room: Called "the Indian room." Distinctively Southwestern. An addition designed by Cindy McCain. 19 by 29...
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Benteen celebrated Little Bighorn
BENTEEN CELEBRATED LITTLE BIGHORN "There he is, God damn him. He will never fight anymore." Captain Benteen while seeing General Custer's body, June 27, 1876 "I thought that Custer could take care of himself ." Captain Benteen to the Court of Inquiry,...
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Private Goldin on Reno's rout
Major Reno's incompetence and drunkeness provoked the infamous "charge to the rear" as related here by Private Theodore Goldin RENO'S DISASTROUS ROUT source: letter by Theodore F. Goldin to C. T. Brady, August 11, 1904, Astonisher Little Bighorn, early...
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Lieutenant Gibson's personal letter
The cover-up of the betrayal of the Little Bighorn needed all kind of changes… ALTERATION OF A PERSONAL LETTER Sources: Louise Barnett, Touched by Fire…, page 335; Captain Michael J. Koury, Diaries of Little Bighorn, page 11; Katherine Fougera, With Custer’s...
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Chief Two Moon on LBH
The story of the Cheyenne chief during Custer's Last Stand TWO MOON'S ACCOUNT source: Two Moon's interview, 1898 (portrait of the Chief below) "I went to water my horses at the creek, and washed them off with cool water, then took a swim myself. I came...
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Crook ignored the gunfire
Reno and Benteen were not the only ones who did not want to fight the Sioux CUSTER WAS FIGHTING, CROOK WAS HUNTING source: Annals of Wyoming, pages 184-185, Wyoming Trails George Crook's huge column was a part of Sheridan's army against the Sioux in 1876......
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The other Custer
A funny story by Custer's relative Brice C. Custer THE OTHER CUSTER source: Major Brice Custer Jr, The Sacrificial Lion , Upton and Sons,1999, page 270 The Custer family has cherished its military legacy. Many Custer's relatives ended in the military...
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Libbie's stand
Libbie Custer was a lone widow in Victorian times. But she stood up for the honor of her husband and fought the traitors of Little Bighorn LIBBIE'S STAND AGAINST RENO source : Libbie Custer to Mr. J.A.. Shoemaker, Daytona, Florida; March 19, 1925 Dear...
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Perjuries in court
Captain Carter was the friend of many Little Bighorn veterans and was appalled by their perjuries during the Inquiry on the battle "THEY'VE NEVER TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH" source: Colonel William Graham, The Custer Myth, 1953, Stackpole Books, pages 309-316...
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Explaining a worldwide phenomenon
Interview of the author of "Custerology" which relates the story of Custeriana over the years EXPLAINING CUSTERIANA source: Michael Elliott's interview "Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer" (Univ. of Chicago...
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Scout Isaiah Dorman
Former slave and hero of Little Bighorn ISAIAH DORMAN source: GarryOwen On the afternoon of June 25, 1876 as Major Reno lead his hasty "charge" out of the clump of trees to which his initial attack and skirmish line had been reduced, several men of his...
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Custer at Gettysburg 1863-2008
Videos: Custer's first great battle (and victory) at Gettysburg and the 2008 reenactments CUSTER'S GETTYSBURG EAST CAVALRY FIELD (battle of Gettysburg, July 3), the story : Custer's stunning victory over J.E.B. Stuart's "Invincibles". Custer was 23 years...
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Legend of the West: Wild Bill Hickock
The famous Old West hero was General Custer's scout and friend LEGEND OF THE OLD WEST WILD BILL HICKOCK source: Wild Bill Hicock, by James Bankes, Wild West Magazine, August 1996, HistoryNet Don Crowley James Butler Hickok, the renowned "Wild Bill," remains...
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Turtle Rib on the Last Stand
Turtle Rib's account of the Stand and Indian casualties TAKING A STAND source: Kenneth Hammer, Custer in '76, Brigham Young University Press, page 201 "Those on foot seemed to be the coolest and fought the hardest. (...) The Indians were up close, and...
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Captain Carter on the betrayal
Captain Robert Carter analyzed the Court of Inquiry and strongly condemned Benteen and Reno "THEIR BEHAVIOR WILL BE RECORDED AS A CRIME" source: A Very Real Salmagundi; or Look What I Found This Summer, edited by John M. Carroll, 1980, edited by custerwest.org...
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How they manipulated the size of the village
The story of an hoax created to cover Benteen's and Reno's betrayal up THE BIG (1876), BIGGER (1877) AND BIGGER (1879) INDIAN VILLAGE sources: Greasy Grass Magazine, Vol. 11, May 1995, pages 6-9; Robert Nightengale, Little Big Horn, FarWest Publishing,...
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Benteen on the Last Stand
A Last Stand... according to Captain Benteen THE LAST STAND... ACCORDING TO THE TRAITOR Letter by Captain Frederick Benteen to a friend, December 22, 1868 "Who can describe the feeling of that brave band, as with anxious beating hearts, they strained...
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Custer in Indian council
Libbie Custer remembers the meeting that happened in Fort Lincoln CUSTER IN AN INDIAN COUNCIL source : Elizabeth Custer, Boots and Saddle: Life in Dakota with General Custer, pages 225-228 THE Indians came several times from the reservations for counsel,...
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Latest news on Indian casualties
The specialists of the Little Bighorn battlefield think that the Indians suffered high casualties during the battle + more evidence of monuments built by the Indians (stakes) UPDATE ON INDIAN CASUALTIES Messageby a LBH specialist to custerwest.org, July...
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Objective: Black Hills
The Custer expedition into South Dakota and its aftermath (1874-1876) THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BLACK HILLS sources: Department of Dakota Cavalry Hdqtrs. - Special Orders No. 117 - June 8, 1874; Casey, Robert, The Black Hills, Bobbs-Merrill Publishing, Indianapolis...