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Custer trails volume 11
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Account of the June 1-July 13, 1867 expedition of George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry.
46) Higher ground
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Series
Superstition gun trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A riveting depiction of what it must have been like to be fighting the Battle of the Big Horn, also known as Custer's Last Stand.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Custers Last Stand remains one of the most iconic events in American history and culture. Had Custer prevailed at the Little Bighhorn, the victory would have been noteworthy at the moment, worthy of a few newspaper headlines. In defeat, however tactically inconsequential in the larger conflict, Custer became legend. In Inventing Custer: The Making of an American Legend, Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown bridge the gap between the Custer who lived and...
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Pub. Date
1996
Description
"The famous battle of the Little Big Horn, when the 7th Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army, under General Custer, was wiped out to a man by the Sioux Indians on June 25th, 1876, has been the subject of much controversy ever since. One school of opinion says Custer died a hero's death fighting against overwhelming odds, while others say he deliberately disobeyed orders, to gain for himself the glory of being the one to defeat the Indians at Little Big...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called "the Little Bighorn," George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news caused a public uproar, and those in positions of power promptly began to point fingers in order to avoid responsibility. Custer, who was conveniently dead, took the brunt of the blame. The truth, however, was far more complex. This is the first...
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Pub. Date
2000
Description
"In this book, Larry Sklenar analyzes and interprets the widely accepted facts underlying the accepted portrayal of Custer's defeat. His perspective, however, is fresh, and he offers wholly new conclusions about one of the most enduring mysteries in American history - the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn." "Sklenar contends that Custer did have a battle plan, one different from any other suggested by scholars thus far. Custer, he argues, had reason...
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"In 1872, seventeen-year-old William O. Taylor, barely five feet tall, enlisted in the army at Troy, New York. Almost immediately he was assigned to the Seventh Cavalry. At 12:30 p.m. on the fateful day, June 25, 1876, Taylor's contingent, under the command of Major Marcus Reno, was told to move forward "at as rapid a gait as prudent and charge afterwards." At the same time, General George A. Custer and his force left the trail and moved right. Suddenly,...
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