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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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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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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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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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CDW #1
CUSTER DISINFORMATION WATCH report disinformation to custerwest.org Tracking down lies and hateful attacks on Custer's legacy The untold story of how a LBHA member tried to fool the famous Custer association to favor Custer haters DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS...
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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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Indian casualties
One of Terry's officer wrote the following about Custer battlefield INDIAN CASUALTIES IN A LETTER source: New York Herald, August 1, 1876 "The Indian loss was very heavy, and it is said that after the battle was over, when Gibbon's and Reno's commands...
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RCOI chairman : it was a whitewash
The officers reponsible for the Inquiry on the Little Bighorn knew it was a fake court CONVENIENT WHITEWASH source: Athur Unger, The ABCs of Custer's Last Stand, Upton And Sons, 2004, page 218 The Reno Court of Inquiry was the only official inquiry on...
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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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Godfrey on wounded soldiers
Did wounded forbid Benteen's and Reno's soldiers to support Custer's? WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON RENO HILL source: Captain Michael J. Koury, Diaries of Little Bighorn, page 11 Benteen's and Reno's defense said that a few wounded soldiers of Reno's command forbid...
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Wettengel on the cover-up
Historian Wettengel summarized the cover-up of the betrayal of Little Bighorn HISTORIAN WETTENGEL ON THE COVER-UP source: Georg Wenzel Schneider-Wettengel, Murder Most Foul, An Indictment of Benteen at the Little Bighorn, page 12. "It (the Army) suppressed...
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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...
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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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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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Liddic on Benteen and Reno
Historian and LBH specialist Bruce Liddic on Benteen's and Reno's behavior during the Court of Inquiry on the Little Bighorn BENTEEN'S AND RENO'S TESTIMONIES source: Bruce Liddic, Vanishing Victory: Custer's Final March, Upton & Sons, 2004, pages 38,...
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Sketches of Custer's Civil War
Custer's Union troops during the American Civil War SKETCHES OF WAR source: Libary of Congress, edited by Gregory J. Urwin ( Ph.D), professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and famous Custer historian. He has written several books on Custer...
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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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Studying Indian accounts
What it means for the Little Bighorn study CONTRADICTION IN INDIAN ACCOUNTS By David Cornut, author of the historical chronicle Little Big Horn, autopsie d'une bataille légendaire (France, 2006) Something very strange in Indian accounts is their mix of...
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Jeff Broome's interview
Indian wars specialist Jeff Broome talks about Cheyenne raids, the story of Indian captive Susanna Alderdice, Custer's Last Stand and the study of the Old West RADIO INTERVIEW FOUR EPISODES ON THE TRUE INDIAN WARS http://www.wildwestart.com BUY THE BOOK...
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Crow hero
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...
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Hearing the firing on Reno Hill
"WE HEARD THE FIRING OF CUSTER'S BATTLE" sources: pages quoted in text. The Reno Court of Inquiry (official report, Ronald Nichols' edition, 1995). Robert Nightengale, Little Big Horn, FarWest Publishing, 1996 http://www.david-strathairn.com "I did not...
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The RCOI and the witnesses
Little Bighorn veteran Gerard explained to Walter Camp the pressure put on the shoulders of the witnesses during the Inquiry on the battle WITNESSES UNDER PRESSURE source: Robert Nightengale, Little Big Horn, FarWest Publishing, 1996, page 171 (Major...
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Press from North Carolina on LBH
The press was condemning the betrayal during Custer's Last Stand THE PRESS AND THE LITTLE BIGHORN source : Greasy Grass Magazine, Volume XVIII, May 2002 , edited by custerwest.org member Jeff Veach From the North Carolina Weekly Star, 1879, after the...
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custerwest new video: Swiss heroes at Little Bighorn
SWISS HEROES Vincent Charles is one of the most famous privates of the Seventh Cavalry. He was killed by Indian warriors at Little Bighorn while Benteen's men were cowardly retreating from Weir Point. The CSI team at Little Bighorn rebuilt his face, based...
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Lieutenant Charles DeRudio's saga
Italian rebel who tried to kill Napoleon III, escaped prison, enlisted in a colored unit and eventually became officer of the 7th cavalry at Little Bighorn... the incredible life of CHARLES DeRUDIO source: extract of Vincent A. Transano's article , published...