I read CUSTER’S FALL about fifty five years ago and this got my interest in it.
Twas there in 2013, and went by in 2015.
Now here is a little something I came up on about fifty years ago...
There is a name on that monument of a man who was not killed there. He died in 1944, after being an Oklahoma sheriff.
On a visit, he was shocked to see his name there. He was originally transferred to the 7th, but suddenly was transferred to the 5th Cavalry.
He protested to the Dept of War, and they checked into it and said that since he had originally been listed as KIA at Little Big Horn, he would have to stay killed at LBH.
Wonder how many can name him.
I also like to point out that this battle took place in Pro-US CROW territory. It can be classed as a massive invasion by their enemies the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho.
His name wouldn’t happen to be Christopher Madsen?
“I also like to point out that this battle took place in Pro-US CROW territory. It can be classed as a massive invasion by their enemies the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho.”
A lot of people don’t realize that.
The Sioux literally invaded the Black Hills too, that was not their “homeland”. I believe their homeland was more Minnesota than anything west of it.
Cheyenne and Arapaho were more traditionally south of Montana and in the plains IIRC.
I visited the battlefield in 1993. I remember seeing a list of survivors (they must have been with Reno). One of them lived until 1951 or thereabouts—a lot of them were young in 1876.