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Thrilling account of William Slaper at the Little Big Horn
William Custer’s Seventh Cavalry veteran William Slaper recounts Reno’s actions on June 25 26 27 at the Little Big Horn. He details fighting on the hill the river bottom burial work the field’s horrors and his view of Custer and the aftermath with emphasis on courage loyalty and disbelief in drunkenness rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Slaper
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Battle OF the Little Big Horn
Reno
the Little Big Horn
Weir
John Ryan
Gen. Terry
Tom Custer
Standing Rock Agency
Adjutant Cook
Boston Custer
Mark Kellogg
Bismarck Tribune
New York Herald
Little Big Horn
Terry
Grant
Capt. French
Custer Field
River Bottom
Isaiah Dorman
Henry Scollen
M Troop
Jim Turley
Gordon
Myers
Summers
Charley Reynolds
Smith
Bismarck
Crook
Buffalo Bill Cody
Gen. Crook
Curley