The Battle at Greasy Grass – part 2

Custer’s Last Stand – the battle that shocked America. I don’t recall the source of the aerial photo below but keep it close because it highlights most of the important positions that I’ll mention in my description of the battle …

The Battle at Greasy Grass

These are some things we know for certain about the events at Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876:. Custer led the 7th Cavalry (566 enlisted soldiers and 31 officers) that was accompanied by as many as 40 scouts – many …

Before the battle at Greasy Grass: The man at the center of it all – part 3

Repentant or depressed. Severely chastened by his recent experience in Washington, by the time he reached Minnesota after his arrest in Chicago, George Armstrong Custer gave every indication that he was a changed man when he reported to General Alfred …