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Reunion of Reno and Benteen battalions at Little Big Horn field
A veteran observer recalls the 35 year anniversary of Custer’s defeat at the Little Big Horn on June 25 1886. Chief Gall Crazy Horse Rain-in-the-Face Sitting Bull and other leaders recount the battle while critics dispute details. The piece laments historians’ conflicting accounts and hopes for an accepted true story for future generations.
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Reno
Benteen
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Gall
Godfrey
Partello
Custer
McDougall
Crazy Horse
Crown King
Rain-in-the- Face
Montana
Custer Field
Sitting Bull
Rain-in-the-Face
Tom Custer
Fort Lincoln
Pris
Crow King
Chief Gall
Martin
Lonesome
Charlie Reynolds
Charlie
John F. Finnerty
James Creelman
Gale
Rash-in-the-Face
Aee
Tom McDougall
Terry and
Gibbon
Keogh
Fort Riley
Kansas
H. R. Potter
The
F. W. Benteen
Rosebud
Missouri
Yellowstone