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The Little Big Horn Tragedy Retold by Elmo Watson
Elmo Scott Watson reflects on the 1876 Custer battle at the Little Big Horn, its cost in lives, the broader Indian wars, and the government’s role. He links Fetterman, Carrington, and policy lapses to the doomed expedition and the hero’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Tlan
Frazier Hunt
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Pelham
Plains
Fetterman
Little Big Horn
Wyoming
Rook
Nebraska
Fort Abraham Lincoln
North Dakota
Becaus
J. J. Reynolds
Crook
Crazy Horse
Powder River
Major Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Reno
Major Benteen
Benteen