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The Little Bighorn tragedy and its enduring myths
By Elmo Scott Watson, this account reflects on the 1876 Little Bighorn battle where Custer and 212 men perished. It traces government failures, strategic flaws, and the enduring fame of Custer amid a web of myth, politics, and memory. It notes Fetterman’s massacre and the broader Indian wars shaping public memory.
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Abraham Lincoln
George Armstrong Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Custer
Sixth Cavalry
Terry
Gibbon
The
Republic
Old Northwest
St. Clair
Braddock
Florida
Henry B. Carrington
W. J. Fetterman
Fort Phil Kearney
Red Cloud
Carrington
Beau Sabreur
Kansas
Oklahoma
Frazier Hunt
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Pelham
Plains
Fetterman
Little Big Horn
General Carrington
Phil Kearney
Congress
Wyoming
Crook Way
Nebraska
Fort Abraham Lincoln
North Dakota
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Indian Department
Crook