Custer and the Little Bighorn

Tribal historian John Medicine Crow, grandson of White Man Runs Him, Custer's Crow scout at Little Bighorn, is also a World War II hero WORLD WAR II HERO Retired U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, R-Wyoming, joined Senator Jon Tester in Billings March 19 to announce...

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...

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...

How Major Reno, a drunk coward, escaped punishment after Little Bighorn THE RENO WHITEWASH source: a letter included in "Reminiscenes of General Custer: Custer's Last Battle", by Richard A. Roberts. Edited by custerwest.org member and Civil War author...

Indian account: how Custer's men took great risks to spare civilians during the 1868 battle MEN OF HONOR AT WASHITA source: Stan Hoig, The Battle of the Washita, University of Oklahoma Press, 1970, page 159 Account of the battle of the Washita taken by...

The flag of the regiment is Custer's CUSTER IN COMMERCIAL

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...

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...

custerwest.org welcomes its 30th member 30 SPECIALISTS TAKE A STAND LBHA member and Custer author Athur C. Unger joins custerwest.org today. 612 pages 347 daily visitors 15 pages seen per visitor each day by far the most visited, accurate and influential...

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...