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Thrilling firsthand account of Little Big Horn veteran
William C Slaper of Sawtelle California recalls serving with M Company Seventh Cavalry during the June 25 26 1876 battle. He recounts enlistment hardships at Cincinnati recruitment and the march to Fort Abraham Lincoln via St Louis Fargo Bismarck and Fort Rice. He describes the dawn attack crossing the Little Big Horn and his fear under fire as Indians rush and fire from all directions.
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William C. Slaper
Custer’s
Seventh Cavalry
Battle OF the Little Big Horn
Little Big Horn
Custer
Sawtelle
Californian
M Company
Reno
Slaper
E. A. Brininstool
Cincinnati
United States Army
Uncle Sam
United States
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Sam Sturgis
Jack
West Point
Sturgis
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Bismarck
Dakota
Missouri River
Fargo
Fort Lincoln
M Troop
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Tom Custer
Standing Rock Agency
Fort Rice
Rain-in-the-Face
Honzinger
Ballaran
Charley Reynolds
Sam
Northwest
Little Heart River
Terry
Big Horn River
The
Missouri
Powder River
Second Cavalry
General Custer
Benteen
McDougal
Adjutant Cook
Company M
G Company