Why We’ve Gotten ‘Custer’s Last Stand’ Wrong for Nearly 150 Years

This weekend marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’—a chapter in U.S ...
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Eriksmoen: North Dakota colonel had Custer arrested for ignoring order

By 1871, the Northern Pacific Railroad reached Fargo, and Thomas Rosser, George Custer's roommate at West Point, supervised a survey party west of Fargo for the NP. In the summer of 1872, Rosser ...
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Eriksmoen: Col. Custer's protegee despised him

The one officer of the 7th Cavalry who was most like Col. George Custer was also the officer most contemptuous of Custer. The majority of the adjectives and phrases that I found describing Frederick ...
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Hero or villain: Who was General Custer?

George Armstrong Custer remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. Known for his bravery during the ...
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Col. Thomas Custer, 7th Cavalry

Click to open image viewer. Photograph of Colonel Thomas Ward Custer, 7th US Cavalry. Custer, the younger brother of General George Armstrong Custer, was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on ...
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Where Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Defeated Colonel Custer

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Custer's Last Stand took place at the Little Bighorn River, where he led over two hundred soldiers into battle ...
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This Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It ABC Western Series Sparked Protests Before It Even Aired

Few figures in American history are as divisive as Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. He's been hailed as a hero and martyr by some, and vilified as a brash fool who got what he deserved at ...
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Commentary: For the Custers, Little Bighorn was a family affair

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn’t supposed to have been that way. It was the country’s centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...