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Military officers on Custer's plan
LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN “A few years ago, while teaching at the Army’s Command and General Staff College, I was fortunate enough to be afforded a chance to revisit the site of the battle [of the Little Bighorn] along with a number of senior military officers...
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The "genocide" myth
War didn't kill Indians. Diseases killed Indians... And historians know it. NO GENOCIDE ON THE PLAINS The "Native American" "genocide" is a famous myth spread around the world. But it isn't the truth. Diseases (mostly smallpox) killed American Indians...
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The love story of the Custers
Winning Libbie's love was one of Custer's most difficult fights THE CUSTERS: A LOVE STORY source: Mary Trotter Kion , Suite 101 website George Armstrong Custer spent his very early years in a happy family, not unlike the mixture that many modern-day families...
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Custer in the official US army song
THE CUSTER LEGACY General George A. Custer and General George S. Patton are the only generals cited in the official US army song (1956). Intro: March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory...
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Testimony of Private Mulford
LITTLE BIGHORN CAMPAIGN Testimony of trumpeter A. F. Mulford visiting the battlefield in 1877 TESTIMONY OF PRIVATE MULFORD Source: The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custerania, edited by Col. William Graham, The Stackpole Books., page 378 "After a hasty...
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Introduction: purpose of custerwest.org
INTRODUCTION TAKE A STAND FOR HISTORY Video: introduction to the Little Bighorn affair Most of what is said about the battle of Little Bighorn (or Little Big Horn) is utterly false. Built by authors, poets and military officers involved in the battle...
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Fox on Custer Hill
The story of an archaeological fraud MY LIE ON THE PLAINS "Certainly there is (no) archaeological evidence of a swirling, furious finale to the Custer battle - no famous last stand." Richard A. Fox, Archaeology, History and Custer's Last battle, page...
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"The ABC of Custer's Last Stand"
- BOOK REVIEW - "The ABC of Custer's Last Stand" (by Arthur Unger) : this is a blunt straightforward account of the Little Big Horn with no holds bared. It reminds me a great deal of Graham's great work the "Custer Myth" which provided a ton or resource...
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"Lee's Lost Triumph"
"Lee's Lost Triumph" by Tom Carhart. (click on the cover to buy the book!) A fascinating narrative -- and a bold new thesis in the study of the Civil War-that suggests Robert E. Lee had a heretofore undiscovered strategy at Gettysburg that, if successful,...
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False exhibit (2) at the RCOI
At the only official inquiry on the Little Bighorn, Major Reno and Captain Benteen presented a false exhibit FALSE EXHIBIT AT THE COURT OF INQUIRY (II) source : Robert Nightengale, Little Big Horn, FarWest Publishing, appendix C (copy of the original...
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The books to read
"Lakota Noon, The Indian narrative of Custer's defeat" by Historian Gregory Michno, 1997. One of the best book ever written on the battle, analyzing the Indian testimonies and putting them in a reasonable timeline. Outstanding. Paperback: 352 pages Publisher:...
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The Little Big Horn cover-up
Little Bighorn specialist and US Marine Robert Nightengale unmasks the Little Bighorn criminal affair THE STORY OF A COVER-UP source: Robert Nightengale, Wild West Magazine, 2005, History Net Art by Michael Schreck, http://michaelschreckart.com Robert...
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False exhibit at the RCOI
At the only official inquiry on the Little Bighorn, Major Reno and Captain Benteen presented a false exhibit FALSE EXHIBIT AT THE COURT OF INQUIRY Major Reno’s lawyer showed three exhibits in the Reno Court of Inquiry. #1 was the report, which contradicts...
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No support ever
How could Custer have known Benteen would not be along- EVER? NO SUPPORT EVER Excerpt from E. Lisle Reedstrom, Custer's 7th Cavalry: From Fort Riley to the Little Big Horn, 1992, pages 140-146; Edited by Custerwest.org member, Jeff Veach. Excerpt from...
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custerwest's channel
HISTORY BACK IN THE SADDLE The biggest collection of visual Custeriana on the Web - 380 videos two million views historical videos, reenactments, full movies, documentaries, TV shows latest videos: Son of the Morning Star (full movie) Nathaniel Phillbrick...
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Custer in the news
CUSTER IN THE NEWS On the road New custerwest.org member and long-time visitor Eli Raisovich Jr made a great Custer trip from Fort Lincoln to Custer battlefield. More pictures coming. Nation of cow-boys As usual, the Last Stand in seen everywhere during...
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He Died with his boots on
They Died with their boots on : custerwest.org offers to you the entire movie "MAYBE YOU WERE RIGHT... ABOUT GLORY" Raoul Walsh's brilliant portrayal of Custer's Last Stand with Errol Flynn is still considered as one of Hollywood's finest scenes. More...
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June 25, 2009
In memoriam THESE HILLS BELONG TO THEM. No one is born American. You gain the right to be American. To be called American, to have to endure the pain of battle. You have to endure the pain of betrayal. You have to endure the infamy of seeing incompetent...
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A Dane at Custer's Last Stand
The story of Corporal William Teeman from Denmark THE DANISH SOLDIER source: extracts from John Koster, "There was a Dane at Custer's Last Stand", Scandinavian Review, avril 2008 Born in Denmark, a veteran of the Royal Danish Army and a teenaged veteran...
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New Custer in videos
NEW CUSTER VIDEOS Owen Wilson plays Eli Cash, a Custer buff who wrote a novel and is always dressed like the BoyGeneral. In the funny movie "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001) Custer cited in "The Last Samurai" (2004) General Custer in "Stolen Women, Captured...
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They did it
Little Bighorn does not tarnish the reputation of US soldiers at all, because there is something much more important beyond Benteen's and Reno's betrayal: the historic Last Stand, which has been attacked by the US army and the National Park Service since...
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Truth matters
The Little Bighorn battlefield closed his email section because too many visitors were protesting the disinformation spread on the site. The National Park Service wants to have a pass to lie, but there are QUESTIONS THAT WON'T GO AWAY and questions that...
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Tombstone, 2009 (more pictures)
MORE PICTURES OF THE TRIP! ----------------------------- LEGENDS AT THE O.K. CORRAL TOMBSTONE 2009 Follow custerwest's member Gary Neidert (CAN) in the streets of Tombstone, Arizona, where heroes of the West, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Virgil Earp, Doc...
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Custer stamps
Custer historians and specialists: support the creation of the US stamps honoring the BoyGeneral and Tom. THEY SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE SIERRA LEONE A stamp from the Sierra Leone honoring US General George Armstrong Custer. In the United States, you...
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Grant's corruption and the cover-up
In September 1876, President Grant gave the official signal for the cover-up. The army closed the case without any inquiry. Ulysses Grant had his revenge. THE REVENGE OF THE FELON CUSTER DENOUNCED GRANT'S CORRUPTION, APRIL 1876 The Belknap Scandal, one...