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. history that some historians are arguing needs a rewrite. The story ...
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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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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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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 ...